Tsubakimoto Chain Co. joins as one of the founders of “IP open access declaration against COVID-19”

Tsubakimoto Chain Co. (President: Yasushi Ohara, Head Office: Kita-ku, Osaka City) agrees with the purpose and joins as one of the founders of 'IP open access declaration against COVID-19", a collective effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The rapid development and manufacture of therapeutic drugs, vaccines, medical devices, infection control products and the like are central to stopping the spread of COVID-19. Accomplishing this as swiftly as possible calls for a new kind of cooperation between industry, government and academia, that breaks the molds of traditional models.

Therefore, we hereby declare that we will not assert any patent, utility model, design or copyright of the life science field during the time of this crisis, against any activities whose purpose is stopping the spread of COVID-19, including diagnosis, prevention, containment and treatment.