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DER SPIEGEL Suche öffnen A Dangerous Divide The Growing Debate over the Suspension of Vaccine Patents The U.S. no longer want to enforce patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines, but critics argue that this will do little to improve the lack of access in the developing world. Some are calling for much more ambitious solutions. Link kopieren During the more than three decades Brazilian Senator Paulo Paim has been a member of parliament, he has always been a voice for people who look up at the wo...

Trade Representative Katherine Tai made the announcement. United States President Joseph Biden has made it clear that after weighing all the pros and cons he was in favor of waiving intellectual property rights on anticovid-19 vaccine patents so that they can be produced faster and the world can finally overcome the current pandemic. Trade Representative Katherine Tai made the announcement. “This is a global health crisis, and the extraordinary circumstances of the covid-19...

US Noncommittal on Vaccine Patents Waiver  May 06, 2021 A health worker inoculates a man with the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine on the outskirts of Kathmandu on March 7, 2021. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP) Share share Print Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases in India and other parts of the world, the United States remains noncommittal on an October 2020 proposal by India and South Africa to waive certain provisions of the World Trade Organizations Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectu...

On Wednesday the US government announced its support for a waiver of provisions of the World Trade Organisation’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (commonly known as TRIPS) regarding intellectual property on Covid-19 vaccines. “This is a global health crisis and the extraordinary circumstances of the global Covid-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures. The Administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in the service of ending this...

India’s COVID-19 crisis has revived a longstanding debate about whether foreign governments should come to the aid of countries facing major economi

India is facing a terrible crisis. How can Australia respond ethically? 05 May 2021, 06:39 GMT+10 Indias COVID-19 crisis has revived a longstanding debate about whether foreign governments should come to the aid of countries facing major economic or humanitarian challenges and, if so, what kind of help they should provide. Theres a common assumption foreign aid produces undoubted benefits. But theres actually limited evidence that it does. Increasing data suggests it may perpetuate existing ine...

Ian Kerridge Professor of Bioethics & Medicine, Sydney Health Ethics, Haematologist/BMT Physician, Royal North Shore Hospital and Director, Praxis Australia, University of Sydney Wendy Lipworth Senior Research Fellow, Bioethics, University of Sydney There’s a common assumption foreign aid produces undoubted benefits. But there’s actually limited evidence that it does. Increasing data suggests it may perpetuate existing inequities and inefficiencies, enable corrup...

US Noncommittal on Vaccine Patents Waiver Voice of America 03 May 2021, 22:05 GMT+10 WASHINGTON - Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases in India and other parts of the world, the United States remains noncommittal on an October 2020 proposal by India and South Africa to waive certain provisions of the World Trade Organizations Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The proposal would loosen patent restrictions so that countries can manufacture generic versions of t...

US Weighs Loosening Vaccine Patents to Help Global COVID Fight Voice of America 04 May 2021, 04:05 GMT+10 WASHINGTON - Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases in India and other parts of the world, the United States remains noncommittal on an October 2020 proposal by India and South Africa to waive certain provisions of the World Trade Organizations Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The proposal would loosen patent restrictions so that countries can manufacture ...

Washington: The United States on Friday placed India and eight other countries on the Priority Watch List for IP protection and enforcement. The other countries that have been put on the list are Argentina, Chile, China, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine and Venezuela. In its "Special 301 Report" on the adequacy and effectiveness of US trading partners protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said these countries will be the subjec...