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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 address to the World Trade Organization (WTO) virtual conference on COVID-19 vaccine equity on Wednesday...
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 to help save lives. Compulsory licensing is one of the key public health and social justice safegua...
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 essential workers most of whom are women, and people who were already living in poverty. Ensuring ev...
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 place globally, Human Rights Watch said today. The waiver is crucial to secure faster universal and equ...