RSS-affiliate calls for end to ecomm moratorium, IP waiver for vaxx, therapeutics at WTOIn a letter to WTO director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the organisation also said that the text circulated on the waiver from certain asp...
12 Jun, 2022, 06.47 PM IST
Civil society seeks PM’s intervention in WTO vaccine negotiationsThe letter comes amid members such as the UK and Switzerland having added several elements to the text that would curb the flexibilities th...
28 May, 2022, 07.09 PM IST
TRIPS council to discuss Covid vaccine patents on FridayThe proposal, shared in the presence of WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala informally with the members on Tuesday, allows the product...
03 May, 2022, 11.57 PM IST
View: The vaccine patent waiver waversAs per the original 2020 text of the TRIPs waiver proposal, India and South Africa wanted the right to suspend intellectual property (IP) p...
20 Mar, 2022, 11.09 PM IST
MSF urges rich nations to accept TRIPS waiverThe appeal comes ahead of talks on TRIPS waiver at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) this week. A TRIPS waiver would temporarily lift pate...
23 Feb, 2022, 12.01 AM IST
View: Arriving at an equitable response to the pandemicThe Doha Declaration on TRIPS and public health clarified pre-existing flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellect...
10 Dec, 2021, 05.08 PM IST
India likely to oppose EU’s vaccine proposal at WTOThe EU has proposed that export restrictions be kept to a minimum and suggested members make use of compulsory licences for vaccines wherei...
07 Jun, 2021, 06.53 AM IST
EAM Jaishankar-USTR Katherine Tai to discuss IP waiver for vaccinesHis meeting with Tai is particularly important to discuss IP waiver for Covid-19 vaccines and medicines. India’s joint proposal at the WTO ...
28 May, 2021, 07.53 AM IST
WTO's TRIPS Council to discuss revised proposal of IPR waiver to deal with COVID-19The agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or TRIPS came into effect in January 1995. It is a multilateral agre...
23 May, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
India and US discuss revised proposal for TRIPS vaccine waiverThe focus of the revised proposal – also backed by South Africa – will continue to be ensuring “equitable, affordable and timely access” fo...
16 May, 2021, 08.58 AM IST
Supply chains for vax manufacturers must be kept open: Piyush Goyal tells USTRCommerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday held discussions with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on increasing vaccine ava...
14 May, 2021, 10.40 PM IST
TRIPS waiver for COVID-19: WTO chief urges proponents to submit revised proposal soon to start talksThe agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or TRIPS came into effect in January 1995. It is a multilateral agre...
07 May, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
Why intellectual property waiver for vaccines is not so ’IP ’IP hooray at allThe more pertinent question, however, is whether the proposed TRIPs waiver, even if it is limited to only Covid vaccines, will boost vaccin...
06 May, 2021, 11.46 PM IST
Ten US Senators suggest Biden to support India-South Africa proposal to get TRIPS waiver at WTO on Covid vaccineThe senators, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, wrote a letter asking for a temporary waiver to ensure the effective and effic...
17 Apr, 2021, 08.55 AM IST
White House considering supporting India, S Africa move at WTO on COVID vaccines: ReportSuch a positive consideration by the Joe Biden administration comes after more than 60 lawmakers, mostly progressives, and a large number o...
27 Mar, 2021, 09.50 AM IST
WTO to take up India, South Africa's TRIPS waiver pleaThe proposed game-changing waiver of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) would enable free flow ...
29 Jan, 2021, 07.11 AM IST
International civil groups back India’s move on TRIPS waiver for Covid cureLeena 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...
14 Oct, 2020, 11.50 PM IST