Making the TRIPS Agreement Work Effectively

The Doha Declaration on TRIPS Agreement and Public Health has been of limited relevance in addressing the challenges of the pandemic. Learn more in a recent policy brief published by the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development.

India and South Africa sought a temporary waiver of certain TRIPS provisions for facilitating access to vaccines and other COVID-19 treatments.

Prof Faizel Ismail says India and South Africa have made a proposal in the WTO for a waiver from TRIPS obligations of vaccines and other treatments for COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the support this proposal has received from other members of WTO, a final decision has not been arrived at. How significant is the proposal in your view and will MC-12 endorse the proposal? 

Access the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) policy brief from here.