‘On 2nd October India and South Africa made a joint submission (IP/C/W/669) to the World Trade Organization seeking a waiver from certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement (patents, trade secrets, copyright and industrial designs) in relation to the containment, prevention and treatment of COVID-19. This proposal is now co-sponsored by 57 developing countries including the Africa Group and the Least Developed Country Group and has received global support from most of the other developing countries and the international community. Technical Briefing by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as well as this video provides information on the importance of the waiver from TRIPS obligations.
‘Below is a list of interventions by the co-sponsors, statements and op-eds supporting the waiver proposal and news reports about the proposal...‘
Read here (Third World Network, ongoing work)
