Uniindia: New Delhi, May 17 (UNI) China on Monday voiced it s support for waiving intellectual property protections for novel coronavirus vaccines to help developing nations suffering from the ongoing pandemic.
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Uniindia: New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) The World Trade Organization will consider in the second half of this month a revised text of the proposal India and South Africa are going to submit for a temporary waiver of certain patent-related obligations to access essential COVID-19 medicines and medical equipment.
WTO chief welcomes US backing for COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver
World Trade Organization director-general also welcomes decision by India, South Africa to revise waiver proposal
2021-05-06 22:41:15
GENEVA
The World Trade Organization chief Thursday “warmly” welcomed the US readiness to engage in a temporary intellectual property agreements waiver to help in combating COVID-19 and hailed the decision by India and South African to revise a WTO proposal on this.
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala issued a statement the day after US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said that President Joe Biden s administration supported the idea of a temporary lifting of intellectual property protection.