Commentaries by Anshika Gubrele and Subodh Asthana

Conundrum on TRIPS IP Waiver: Assuring COVID Jabs for the Masses?

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Conundrum on TRIPS IP Waiver: Assuring COVID Jabs for the Masses?

Anshika Gubrele and Subodh Asthana

July 1, 2021 12:30:43 am

While the entire world is in the grips of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, 62 co-sponsor countries including India, South Africa, and Indonesia have recently given a revised draft proposal for waiving the Intellectual Property (“IP”) rights of COVID vaccines to the TRIPS Council of the World Trade Organisation (“WTO”), seeking a patent waiver for manufacturing [...]

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