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TRIPS Council抯 discussion on 慖ntellectual Property and Access to Medicines?/strong>
On 20 June 2001, the TRIPS Council held a special discussion on intellectual property and access to medicines, as part of its week-long regular meeting. This subject was put on the agenda at the request of the African Group ?i.e. the African members of the WTO.
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ALSO:
> Second
meeting Sep 2001
> TRIPS issues:
Pharmaceuticals
and patents
> Fact sheet on
TRIPS
and pharmaceuticals
> A more technical explanation:
Pharmaceutical patents and the TRIPS Agreement
> H鴖bj鴕 workshop
on
affordable medicines
WTO member governments have agreed to examine in greater detail the issues raised in their first special discussion on Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines on 20燡une?001, a meeting that the chairperson, Ambassador Boniface Chidyausiku of Zimbabwe described as 搑ich? > 22 June 2001 press release
Governments share interpretations on TRIPS and public health
Unusually frank and detailed interpretations of the WTO抯 intellectual property agreement characterized the 20 June 2001 discussion on 揑ntellectual Property and Access to medicines?in WTO抯 TRIPS Council. > summary of discussion
Moore:
countries must feel secure that they can use TRIPS?flexibility
WTO Director-General Mike Moore says the special discussion on 揑ntellectual Property and Access to Medicines?should reinforce countries?confidence in their right to use the flexibility written into the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. > statement
Countries?
papers
> European
Union
> Africa Group, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Peru, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Venezuela