Fortuitously, this episode is launched as the WTO members meet to discuss the TRIPS waiver in the lead-up to the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference on June 12th, 2022.

Dr Hyo Yoon Kang is a Reader in Law at the Kent University Law School. She earned her PhD in Law at the European University Institute. She serves on the Governing Board of the International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP) and on the Editorial Advisory Board of Economy and Society. During her time outside academia, she has been trained in classical music and in financial modeling.

Shree Baphna is a budding feminist researcher with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Photography from the University of Virginia. She has two years of research experience in access to medicines and gender equity in healthcare and is a recipient of the Fulbright Student Program Award. She will soon begin her Masters in Public Health at Columbia University. In her free time, Shree is an avid artist and loves to paint, draw, and spend time in dark rooms developing film photography.