19 March 2020PatentsSarah Morgan

Will IP hurt ventilator production amid COVID-19 pandemic?

With the UK facing a shortage of ventilators needed to treat critically-ill patients suffering from COVID-19, earlier this week Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on manufacturers to switch their production lines to address the shortage.

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