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Geneva, 9 March 2021—As governments prepare to meet for another round of talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO) tomorrow, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) urged the small number of governments that continue to block a landmark waiver on intellectual property (IP) during the pandemic to immediately reverse their stonewalling and allow formal
Countries obstructing COVID-19 patent waiver must allow negotiations to start Format A map outlines which countries support or oppose the move of waiving COVID-19 patents, as of 3 March 2021. © MSF Ahead of talks at the WTO on patents on COVID-19 tools, a small number of countries continue to block a waiver that would open up access to these tools during the pandemic. Should the waiver be agreed, countries could produce COVID-19 vaccines and drugs on a larger scale, at lower prices. MSF urges these countries to immediately stop blocking the proposal to allow lives to be saved. GENEVA – As ...
Governments must act fast on consensus supporting historic move to suspend monopolies during pandemic Format Over 100 countries support the landmark proposal Geneva, 15 December 2020—Ahead of a critical meeting at the World Trade Organization tomorrow—and against the backdrop of COVID-19 cases surging globally—the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors Without Borders (MSF) urged all countries to act in solidarity and build consensus around the landmark proposal by India and South Africa to waive certain intellectual property (IP) during the ...