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Access to Covid-19 Vaccines: the Patent Freeze Proposal and a New Global Strategy
Access to Covid-19 Vaccines: the Patent Freeze Proposal and a New Global Strategy

As the vaccination rate rises in Canada and other developed nations, developing countries globally continue to record an upsurge in daily infection and death rates due to COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently confirmed that Canada is involved in the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) exploration of the Indian and South African proposal to waive intellectual property (IP) rights for COVID-19 vaccines. In a break from tradition, United States President Joe Biden has lent his country’s support to the initiative, amidst reluctance to do the same from the EU. However, Canada remains ambivalent.

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Blog PostChidi OguamanamCOVID-19, Vaccine, Patent, WHO, South Korea, South Africa, European Union, Pharmaceutical, Health Law and Medical Ethics
WIPO Expert Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions Takes Another Look at Draft Genetic Resources Text in 2018
WIPO Expert Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions Takes Another Look at Draft Genetic Resources Text in 2018

For the 35th time in 18 years, experts have yet again gathered at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) headquarters in Geneva where they are scheduled to remain in deliberation between March 19 and 23, 2018. This meeting of the WIPO IGC is at the instance of the body’s renewed mandate for the 2018 and 2019 biennium after it failed, last year, to secure the transition of its draft texts.

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Blog PostChidi OguamanamWIPO, IP and Knowledge Governance, Traditional Culture, International, USA, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Europe, Africa, South America, Nagoya Protocol