Asia Pacific Group asks WIPO to initiate exploratory discussions on the Report of the UN High Level Panel on Access to Medicines

On Monday, 11 December 2017, Indonesia, on behalf of the Asia Pacific Group, delivered the following opening statement at the 27th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP). The Asia Pacific Group issued a clarion… Continue Reading

WTO TRIPS Council (October 2017): India asks EU, Malaysia to share details of their respective compulsory licenses

On Friday, 20 October 2017, India delivered the following intervention on compulsory licensing. India briefly recounted the experiences of Brazil, South Africa, and Thailand in using compulsory licensing to secure access to ARVs.

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8 November 2016 – TRIPS Council – India’s intervention on the Paragraph 6 Mechanism

On 8 November 2016, India delivered the following statement on Review under Paragraph 8 of the Decision on the Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health.

India’s Interventions at the TRIPS Council meeting (08-09 November 2016)

Agenda Item 7: Review under Paragraph 8 of the Decision on the Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health

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