In a letter to WTO director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the organisation also said that the text circulated on the waiver from certain asp...

The letter comes amid members such as the UK and Switzerland having added several elements to the text that would curb the flexibilities th...

The proposal, shared in the presence of WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala informally with the members on Tuesday, allows the product...

As per the original 2020 text of the TRIPs waiver proposal, India and South Africa wanted the right to suspend intellectual property (IP) p...

The appeal comes ahead of talks on TRIPS waiver at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) this week. A TRIPS waiver would temporarily lift pate...

The Doha Declaration on TRIPS and public health clarified pre-existing flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellect...

The EU has proposed that export restrictions be kept to a minimum and suggested members make use of compulsory licences for vaccines wherei...

His meeting with Tai is particularly important to discuss IP waiver for Covid-19 vaccines and medicines. India’s joint proposal at the WTO ...

The agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or TRIPS came into effect in January 1995. It is a multilateral agre...

The focus of the revised proposal – also backed by South Africa – will continue to be ensuring “equitable, affordable and timely access” fo...

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday held discussions with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on increasing vaccine ava...

The agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or TRIPS came into effect in January 1995. It is a multilateral agre...

The more pertinent question, however, is whether the proposed TRIPs waiver, even if it is limited to only Covid vaccines, will boost vaccin...

The senators, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, wrote a letter asking for a temporary waiver to ensure the effective and effic...

Such a positive consideration by the Joe Biden administration comes after more than 60 lawmakers, mostly progressives, and a large number o...

The proposed game-changing waiver of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) would enable free flow ...

Leena Menghaney, a lawyer with MSF India, told ET that it is critical for governments to address this global crisis as they did nearly 20 y...