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

Last month, a “compromise outcome” to contain and treat Covid-19 had proposed a waiver for developing countries that exported less than 10%...

The waiver drafted by the United States, European Union, India and South Africa earlier in March would need formal approval from the WTO's ...

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

Two years of sustained efforts by India and South Africa, working constructively with developing and developed country partners, have led t...

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

India’s economy is expected to grow 7.2% in 2021, the second highest in the world after China but the growth will slowdown to 6.7% in 2022,...

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

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...

Opponents of the proposal have argued that the waiver will make no difference to the supply of vaccines. Patent-holders and pharmaceutical ...

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

The head of the EU executive said the bloc's vaccination effort was accelerating, with 30 Europeans inoculated per second, while exporting ...

He added that the White House support for the temporary waiving IP on COVID-19 vaccines "reflects the wisdom and moral leadership of US to ...

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

The issue came up at a meeting on intellectual property rights at the WTO in which the developed countries again refused to support a joint...

Phase 3 trials are the last phase of clinical trials that a company conducts before it receives approval to market the drug here.