A majority of people in G7 countries believe that governments should ensure pharmaceutical companies share the formulas and technology of their vaccines, according to new polling from the People’s Vaccine Alliance.
In a briefing on Wednesday, the alliance said that an average of seven in 10 people across G7 countries want the government to ensure vaccine know-how is shared, the poll said.
Respondents were asked whether they believe that pharmaceutical companies should be fairly compensated for developing vaccines, but should not hold a monopoly on the vaccines.
A total of 74 percent in the United Kingdom want the government to prevent monopolies, with those from all political backgrounds supporting intervention.
247 India and South Africa had called for TRIPS waiver of certain intellectual property provisions of COVID-19 vaccines
Washington, May 5
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai has not yet made a recommendation to President Joe Biden on India and South Africa s proposal before the WTO to temporary waive some of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) during the COVID-19 emergency, the White House has said.
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) during its general council meeting in Geneva on May 5 and 6 is scheduled to take up the proposal.
After regular agenda items, TRIPS waiver proposal is on top of the list of WTO s general council.
President Biden hopes to send AstraZeneca to countries by F
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05 May 2021, 10:18 GMT+10
By Reena BhardwajWashington [US], May 5 (ANI): President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) provided an update from the White House on goals for providing AstraZeneca s COVID-19 vaccine to countries by July 4. I am not prepared to announce who else we will be giving the vaccine to, but we are going to by the Fourth of July have spent about 10 per cent of what we have to other nations including some of the ones who you mentioned, said Biden while responding to a question about when vaccines will be provided to countries like India and Brazil.
If the US gives up intellectual property rights, it will harm innovation and production, and result in fewer people getting vaccinated, the 12 influential Congressmen said in a letter to US Trade Representative Katherine Tai
196 Family members of Covid-19 patients wait for their turn to refill empty oxygen cylinders at a plant in Kanpur on Wednesday. PTI photo
New Delhi, May 5
A temporary waiver of certain provisions of intellectual property rights’ agreement for tackling COVID-19 will help in saving valuable human lives and accelerate the recovery of global trade and world GDP, according to Brajendra Navnit, Indian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation.
The proposal for temporary waiver from certain provisions of TRIPS agreement is first on priority list, he has said during the formal TNC (trade negotiations committee) and informal HODs (head of delegations) meetings on May 3.