WTO PREPARING FOR FORMAL REVIEW OF TRIPS GENERIC MEDICINES DEAL
April 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A REVIEW of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) compulsory licensing system for generic medicines in health emergencies will be staged this October. The chair of the WTO's TRIPs council (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights) is consulting member countries about whether to hold a preparatory workshop on the issue. Many developing countries question whether the system - designed to deliver medicines cheaply and quickly to a health hotspot - is working. They pointed out at a recent TRIPs council meeting that despite being approved ...
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