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New York [US], May 25 (ANI): During his meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed solidarity with the Indian government and people in their efforts against the second COVID-19 wave, informed the Permanent Mission of India to UN TS Tirumurti.
May.25.2021
On May 21, 62 WTO member states[1] submitted a revised proposal on a waiver from certain provisions of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement. This revised proposal follows the original proposal from India and South Africa in October 2020. Earlier this month, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai had issued a statement announcing the Biden-Harris Administration’s willingness to “actively participate in text-based negotiations at the World Trade Organization” regarding a waiver for COVID-19 vaccines (see prior client alert).
As stakeholders look ahead to WTO negotiations on a potential TRIPS waiver, the revised proposal is significant in at least three respects.
Covid shows the world it needs new rules to deal with pandemics
Pharmaceutical companies must accept they will have to transfer knowhow and technology if the whole world is to get the vaccines it needs
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More than a year ago the World Health Organisation (WHO), with the support of 40 member states, established the Covid-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP). C-TAP offers a platform for the voluntary sharing of intellectual property (IP), including knowhow, technology, data, cell lines and whatever else may be necessary to accelerate the production and availability of products to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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