Clamor has risen around India & South Africa’s proposal seeking Intellectual Property Rights or IPR waivers for easier access to COVID-19 medicines. But what choices do nations have if the negotiations fail to bear fruit? And, if the debates actually lead to something concrete, is the pharmaceutical industry ready to...
Prof Manoj Pant, Director, IIFT, argues that for once, the IPR waiver on COVID vaccines should be taken as a non-political necessity in response to a once-in-a-decade event. The long term political opposition to TRIPS can be continued later. The US is now on board with the India-South Africa proposal...
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