#53 The G|O Briefing, April 28, 2021
TRIPS anyone? A mad lobbying rush on both sides of the Atlantic to oppose a waiver on vaccine patents.
TRIPS WAIVER
How drug companies are fighting against a proposal to accept technology transfer to poor countries
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No confinement for diplomacy when issue at stake is global access to vaccines
For the last six months or so, a draft resolution entitled “Strengthening Local Production of Medicines and Other Health Technologies to Improve Access” has been
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The role of IP in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic
On October 2, India and South Africa circulated a waiver proposal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) regarding COVID-19 and intellectual property (IP).
#46 The G|O Briefing, March 24, 2021
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Today in The Geneva Observer, thanks to a WHO draft resolution obtained by The G|O, we go behind the scenes to look at how drug companies are fighting against a proposal to accept technology transfer
COVID-19 Vaccine Summit reveals deep fault lines in International Geneva
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Ramping up global production of effective vaccines is seen as the best chance to accelerate the immunization of the world's population and contain the ongoing pandemic that has killed millions, disrupted daily life, and wreaked havoc
New WTO chief, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, promises to shake up multilateral trade body to deliver results, but concedes it will not be an easy task
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The scared and limping members of the fractured and demoralized World Trade Organization—derailed by years of bitter trade tensions, crippling trade wars, a widening North-South divide, mistrust, and institutional paralysis—have decided to collectively place their hopes
#19 The G|O Briefing, October 15, 2020
WTO Patents and COVID-19, Should the HRC be a "club of the virtuous"? And a China/Swiss follow-up