Prioritising public health in intellectual property rights is what the doctor ordered for low- and middle-income countries to ...

We believe the WTO agreement on August 30 on the issue of compulsory licences for export, that is to make the existing flexibilities of the TRIPs Agreement accessible to members lacking domestic ...

Discussions of a waiver by the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding certain intellectual property protections for prevention, containment and treatment of COVID-19 have once again put a spotlight ...

Vietnam's Ministry of Health is drafting a circular on compulsory licensing for pharmaceutical patents. From the view of protecting and promoting innovation in the industry, it is worthwhile to ...

Ian Swanson’s article, “PhRMA takes aim at Thailand for production of generics, hints that it will push for sanctions” (May 23), states, “World Trade Organization (WTO) rules do grant poor countries ...

“While seeking compulsory licensing or IP waivers may seem an attractive solution to address technological disparities across human populations, these mechanisms ignore some of the more technical ...

“There are ways to ensure access to life-saving medicines, including a future COVID-19 vaccine. However, the European Union and the United States, which constitute the largest economies in the world, ...

NEW DELHI: Robust safeguards are built into the India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) to fully preserve India’s policy autonomy on compulsory licensing, including during public ...

PhRMA Disputes Claim that Response to Cancer Drug Shortage is a Compulsory License In a recent interview with the Times of India the trade association that represents several major generic drug ...