Developing countries that are lagging behind in vaccinating their populations have been pushing for waivers on the patents, or intellectual...

Malpass, asked during a media call about new World Bank economic forecasts whether he supports WTO negotiations for a vaccine waiver, said:...

India and South Africa called for TRIPS waiver of certain intellectual property provisions of COVID-19 vaccines in a communication to the W...

A proposal moved by India and South Africa before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to temporarily suspend trade-related aspects of intell...

If adopted by the World Trade Organisation, the proposal would invite new manufacturers that lack essential know-how and oversight from the...

The warning comes in a report prepared for G-20 leaders by representatives of health and life-sciences companies including Novartis AG, San...

Noting that it believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending this pandemic, USTR said it supports the wa...

The WTO's General Council was taking up a temporary waiver for intellectual property protections that South Africa and India first proposed...

On Friday, senior executives from companies such as Moderna, GSK and Bharat Biotech addressed various issues on Covid vaccines, including e...

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

The lawmakers, in a letter delivered to the White House on Thursday evening, wrote that Biden should "prioritize people over pharmaceutical...

He said India and South Africa along with 57 other WTO (World Trade Organisation) members have co-sponsored a proposal for temporary and li...

India, which has been at the forefront of the global fight against COVID-19, told the UN General Assembly last month that vaccine inequity ...

The more the virus continues to multiply in the world, the greater the likelihood of mutations that produce virulent strains against which ...

"The proponents of this scheme argue that if we just destroy the intellectual property developed by American companies, we will suddenly ha...

This statement comes at a time when the race for Covid-19 vaccine is heating up across the world. Though most vaccine makers have received ...

A world without global intellectual property would be one of constant electronic warfare. State-backed hacking, such as China apparently tr...