CPRH Statements

  • A year since the TRIPS waiver proposal, and the Philippines continues to waver on the waiver

    A year since the TRIPS waiver proposal, and the Philippines continues to waver on the waiver

    This time last year, South Africa and India filed a proposal at the World Trade Organization seeking to remove intellectual property barriers and waive patents on diagnostics, medicines, vaccines, and technologies that will prevent, treat, and contain the pandemic. Since then, over 100 countries around the world have backed the move, including most African and…