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7 Tex. A&M J. Prop. L. 1 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/txamrpl7 and id is 1 raw text is: MODALITIES, CHALLENGES, AND POSSIBILITIES: AN
INTRODUCTION TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL INNOVATION
SYMPOSIUM
Peter K. Yu*
I. IN TRO D U CTIO N ..........................................................................  1
II.  M O D A LITIE S  ...........................................................................   2
III. C H A LLEN GES  ..........................................................................  9
A. Non-multilateral Trade Agreements .............................. 9
B. Technological Advances .............................................. 12
C . U.S.-China  Rivalry.......................................................  14
IV . P O SSIBILITIES  ........................................................................  20
V . C O N CLU SIO N  ..........................................................................  4 1
I. INTRODUCTION
On October 25, 2019, the TexasA&M Journal ofProperty Law
and the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas A&M
University School of Law jointly organized the Pharmaceutical
Innovation,   Patent   Protection,   and    Regulatory    Exclusivities
Symposium.1 Although none of the organizers and participants could
predict what was to come in the next few months,2 there was a wide
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37419/JPL.V7.I1.1
* Copyright © 2021 Peter K. Yu. Regents Professor of Law and
Communication and Director, Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M
University. Part III of this Article was presented at the Pharmaceutical Innovation,
Patent Protection, and Regulatory Exclusivities Symposium at Texas A&M
University School of Law. The Article draws on research the Author conducted for
earlier articles in the Florida State University Law Review and the University of the
Pacific Law Review. The Author is grateful to Saurabh Vishnubhakat and the past
and present members of the Texas A&M Journal of Property Law, in particular
Jessica Bonds, Cameron Saenz, Katlyn Humbarger, Karina Rios, Christian
Martinez, and Karen Alday for assistance in making this Symposium possible.
1. In addition to the four contributors to this special issue, the Symposium
participants included Professors Gabriel Eckstein, Erika Lietzan, Glynn Lunney,
Emily Morris, Arti Rai, John Thomas, and Saurabh Vishnubhakat.
2. It is worth noting that the public health community has made repeated calls
for better pandemic preparedness since the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS). See, e.g., THOMAS ABRAHAM, TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
PLAGUE: THE STORY OF SARS 140 (2007) (describing SARS as a dress rehearsal

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