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Story highlights In its "Special 301 Report", US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said these countries will be the subject of intense bilateral engagement during the coming year. 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 effec...

The Supreme Court has once again rapped the Centre as to why it did not consider granting compulsory licences to pharma companies for manufacture of drugs

US Puts India On Priority Watch List For Intellectual Property Protection US Puts India On Priority Watch List For Intellectual Property Protection The other countries that have been put on the list are Argentina, Chile, China, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine and Venezuela. US placed India, 8 other countries on the Priority Watch List for IP protection. (Representational) Washington: The United States on Friday placed India and eight other countries on the Priority Watch List for ...

Katherine Tai. File   | Photo Credit: AFP The move by India, South Africa and several other countries has been supported by more than 60 top American lawmakers, most of whom are progressives. The U.S. remained non-committal on the move by India and South Africa to get Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver for COVID-19 vaccine before the WTO so that the doses are accessible and affordable to low- and middle-income countries. The move by India, South Africa and s...

783 Washington, April 15 The US remained non-committal on the move by India and South Africa to get Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver for Covid vaccine before the WTO so that the doses are accessible and affordable to low- and middle-income countries. The move by India, South Africa and several other countries has been supported by more than 60 top American lawmakers, most of whom are progressives. US Trade Representatives Katherine Tai, in her address to the ...

The move by India, South Africa and several other countries has been supported by more than 60 top American lawmakers, most of whom are progressives.

0 1 3 minutes read Washington: Prior to the WTO, India and South Africa’s move to obtain trade-related aspects of the Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) exemption for the COVID-19 vaccine remained negligible, so that the doses were accessible and affordable to the low and middle. Income countries. The move from India, South Africa and many other countries has been supported by more than 60 top US lawmakers, most of whom are progressives. US Trade Representative Catherine Tai, in her addr...

Saturday, 10 April 2021, 5:01 pm Should not a medicine (Remdesivir) that has shown lifesaving effect in certain cases of Covid-19 be made available to all those who need it without delay? Even if Big Pharma has a patent, there are provisions in the global trade treaties that allow governments to issue compulsory licenses to such a lifesaving drug, and keep people over profit. This is why medical experts are demanding governments to use compulsory licensing for generic production of such a drug...

Civil society organisations across Africa call for protection from coronavirus to be a global public good, freely and fairly available to all Covid-19 has killed over a hundred thousand people across Africa, decimated African economies, and pushed millions of people into poverty and hunger with no end in sight unless there is a shift to ensure immediate full access to vaccines. The virus has profoundly exploited existing inequalities, disproportionately affecting frontline healthcare and other ...

Waiving Some Intellectual Property Rules is Crucial for Faster, More Equitable Access The Covid-19 vaccine is administered to a health professional in Sao Paulo, Brasil on January 20, 2021. © 2021 Agência Brasil / Rovena Rosa (São Paulo, March 9, 2021) - Brazil should support a proposal at an upcoming meeting of a key World Trade Organization (WTO) council to temporarily waive some intellectual property rights until widespread Covid-19 vaccination is in pla...