On 20 March, IFPMA delivered a shortened version of the below statement at the WHO INB intersessional briefing on “Article 7: Access to technology: promoting sustainable and equitably distributed production and transfer of technology and know-how” of the WHO convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (“WHO CA+”).
Read moreIFPMA encourages the consistent coordination of the INB and IHR processes to ensure a non-duplicative, fit-for-purpose outcome for all.
Read moreAs WTO Member States continue to discuss an extension of a waiver of intellectual property (IP) rights on COVID-19 therapeutics, latest evidence and data published today explains what the consequences of such a waiver would have on industry’s ability to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
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