Greenpeace India on Monday urged the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to waive intellectual property and patent rights on Covid vaccines, saying equity and access gaps in inoculation rates of rich and poor countries is costing lives.
Explained | What the easing of IP norms on Covid vaccines means for India
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May 06, 2021 19:43 IST
The challenge moves to the next level and needs to navigate fineprint consensus building through bureaucratic layers of WTO and member countries’ national governments.
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On May 5, U.S. President Joe Biden had announced that he will support an initiative at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to waive Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) protection for COVID-19 vaccines. | Photo Credit:
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The challenge moves to the next level and needs to navigate fineprint consensus building through bureaucratic layers of WTO and member countries’ national governments.