Industry Braces For More Pressure On IP For COVID-19 Products
Executive Summary
The controversial “TRIPS waiver” is high on the agenda of the World Trade Organization’s upcoming ministerial conference, while a working group of the World Health Organization is drawing up a draft pandemic treaty that includes proposals to weaken IP on pandemic countermeasures.
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