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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 1