In March 2020, the Chilean legislature passed nearly unanimously a resolution that would permit the government to issue compulsory licenses for any medicines, vaccines, or diagnostics for combating the coronavirus. Ecuador and Canada passed similar bills. A compulsory license would not

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allow these countries to pay lower prices for vaccines than those charged by the patent holders

encourage patent holders to expand their production capacity by reducing their costs

discourage researchers from developing vaccines by reducing the profitability of patented discoveries

authorize production predominantly to supply these countries' domestic markets