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Associated Press
10 Senators Urge Biden to Waive COVID Vaccine Intellectual Property Rules
16 Apr 2021
More than 100 nations support a temporary waiver sought by India and South Africa that could help vaccine manufacturing ramp up in poorer countries that are struggling to acquire supplies.
Newsclick Report
COVID-19: Former Heads of State, Nobel Laureates Call on US Prez. Biden for IP Waiver of Vaccines
15 Apr 2021
'... let this moment be remembered in history as the time we chose to put the collective right to safety for all ahead of the commercial monopolies of the few". A waiver of IP rules would lead to a…
PTI
US Non-Committal on India's Move to Get TRIPS Waiver for COVID Vaccines at WTO
15 Apr 2021
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.
Richa Chintan
World Tuberculosis Day: The Patent and PIL Fight in India for Accessible Drugs
24 Mar 2021
‘The Clock is Ticking’.
Bharat Dogra
International Trade Puts Indian Farmers and Food Security at Risk
21 Mar 2021
The problems exist on two levels—in the World Trade Organization rules, which are made worse by the Free Trade Agreements.
Richa Chintan
The ‘Third Way’ in the IP Fight for COVID-19 Vaccine Rights
12 Mar 2021
The proposal by India and South Africa calls for unhindered global sharing of technology, a temporary waiver of certain TRIPS obligations on copyrights and related rights, patents, and the protection…
European Secretariat of the International Peoples’ Assembly
Vaccines: Patents or Life!
12 Mar 2021
Patents on vaccines and on new technologies against COVID-19 are the ball and chain in the race out of the global pandemic tunnel. Our lives are worth more than the profits of big pharmaceutical…
Richa Chintan
Why TRIPS Waiver Proposal is the Need of the Hour Amid Pandemic
01 Mar 2021
The WTO General Council meet is being held in the backdrop of big pharma firms resorting to arm- twisting sovereign governments on life-saving products.
Associated Press
Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala Becomes First Woman and African to Head WTO
16 Feb 2021
The appointment came after US President Joe Biden endorsed Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy, which had been blocked by former President Donald Trump.
Shinzani Jain
Why Does the US Support the Three Farm Laws?
13 Feb 2021
On February 4, the US State Department exhorted India to resolve diff