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South Africa’s 1st intervention at the formal @WTO TRIPS Council meeting of 23 February 2021- "Madam Chair, the problem with philanthropy is that it cannot buy equality." @TimothyWSchwab @Anna_Marriott @ellenthoen @MohgaKamalYanni

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#WHA73 President Macron: "If we discover a vaccine for COVID-19, it must be a global public good."

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Mozambique, South Africa, India, and Pakistan asked pointed questions to the European Union, Canada, Germany, Hungary, the US, and "opponents" at the @wto TRIPS Council meetings in December 2020. Will these discussions cross-pollinate @WHO #EB148 discussions on COVID-19?

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In one fell swoop, PhRMA goes after India, South Africa, WHO, UNDP, UNCTAD, and Unitaid in its Special 301 submission to Biden's USTR @alanbeattie @TAC @natashaloder @NOIweala @DrTedros

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A bittersweet day as I commemorate the passing of my father, Dr K Balasubramaniam, 10 years ago. He would have been happy that I received my first shot, but I know he would support the call for a @peoplesvaccine #VaccineEquity - Access should not be determined by geography.

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Australia's Defence Policy Explained @alanbeattie @BerniceWLee @ahammill_iisd

Australia's Defence Policy Explained

PLEASE READ EVERYTHING IN THE DESCRIPTION BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS!!!Here is an example of the type of document being discussed in this episode: www.jcs.mil/P...

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The 55 member states of the African Union endorse the TRIPS waiver proposal - "DECIDES to support the proposed WTO Waiver from certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement for the Prevention, Containment and Treatment of COVID-19 as contained in WTO Document IP/C/W/669". @WTO @FT

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. @WTO TRIPS Council is discussing the TRIPS waiver NOW (agenda item 12).

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India, South Africa, and other co-sponsors of the @WTO TRIPS waiver proposal will provide a revised text during the second half of May 2021 in a meeting convened before the formal TRIPS Council session in June 2021.

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At the @WTO TRIPS Council, South Africa underscored the need to shared know-how in order to scale production, increase competition and speed the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines. SA stressed the need for transparency of contractual and licensing arrangements (quoting the EU).

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@wto @TimothyWSchwab @Anna_Marriott @ellenthoen @MohgaKamalYanni @LinseyMcgoey @jamie_love @juliaoftoronto @KatEschner @peoplesvaccine @ashleighfurlong South Africa: "Irrespective of the amount of money any of the donor country may throw at the problem, the model of donation and philanthropic expediency cannot solve the fundamental disconnect between the monopolistic model it underwrites" (1/2) @fifarahman @teri_gva

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Informed sources have disclosed to KEI that an informal session of the @WTO TRIPS Council will take place on 24 March 2021 to discuss the TRIPS waiver.

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"By means of a communication dated 10 May 2021, the delegation of Indonesia has requested to be added to the list of sponsors of the submission circulated in document IP/C/W/669." Indonesia is an official co-sponsor of the @WTO TRIPS waiver.

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Congratulations to all who made this happen! #TRIPSwaiver

Anna Cavazzini

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What a success! 🔥 Once again the #EUParliament adopted crucial amendment supporting the @wto #TRIPSWaiver negotiations. We can only tackle this #pandemic together & this is a huge step for ensuring that vaccines are globally accessible!

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The world's poorest countries are at India's mercy for vaccines. It's unsustainable Trenchant analysis in this op-ed by Achal Prabhala and Leena Menghaney

The world's poorest countries are at India's mercy for vaccines. It's unsustainable | Achal...

This is what happens when a third of humanity depends on one manufacturer for Covid jabs. We need to waive patents now, say Achal Prabhala and Leena Menghaney

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During South Africa's second innings at the @WTO TRIPS Council on 23 February 2021, Mustaqeem De Gama educated WTO members on the "details of [vaccine] manufacturing capacity that exist in the developing world." @fifarahman @kateelder @umunyana_rugege

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Senator @BernieSanders expresses his support for the @WTO TRIPS waiver in a letter to President Biden.

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Against the odds, Cuba could become a coronavirus vaccine powerhouse.

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Who killed the COVID vaccine waiver? - The inside story of how lobbying, threats and the desire to protect industry gutted a proposal that was meant to make vaccines widely available in poorer countries. @ashleighfurlong @SarahAnneAarup @SamuelHorti @wto

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Africa Has Not Received a Single Dose of Monkeypox Vaccine – Even Though Virus is Endemic and Often More Deadly

Africa Has Not Received A Single Dose Of Monkeypox Vaccine - Even Though Virus Is Endemic And Often...

Another COVID rerun: WHO and Africa CDC officials lament the complete lack of access to monkeypox vaccines on the continent where the virus is endemic - as...

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The United States supports the #TRIPSwaiver for Covid-19 vaccines @WHO #WHA74

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The texts are now public (search the @WTO site using the document reference IDs provided below) #MC12 @alanbeattie @pretpat @ellenthoen @jamie_love @ashleighfurlong

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According to an informed source, 32 statements have been made today in relation to the #TRIPSwaiver - 11 more statements to go (tomorrow). So far, no opposition to a text-based discussion.

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Exactly 39 years ago, the New York Times reported this story from Geneva - U.S. AND THE THIRD WORLD AT ODDS OVER PATENTS

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Doctors Without Borders is closing its widely regarded access-to-medicines campaign

In a surprise move, Doctors Without Borders is closing down its widely regarded access-to-medicines campaign.

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New Zealand supports the #TRIPSwaiver . New Zealand is ready to support a text-based discussion. Covid-19 justifies a waiver.

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From 2015 - @DalrympleWill On the diffusion of India Civilisation 400-1200 AD @shreerupa123 @doctorsumitseth @SrBachchan

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@bbaschuk @wto "US President Joe Biden’s top trade official in Geneva said any WTO agreement related to Covid-19 vaccines must explicitly exclude China from being able to benefit from the deal."

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TRIPS COVID-19 solution (the outcome of the quadrilateral discussions at the end of last week, to be presented to @WTO Members - Footnote 3 - Hello my old friend, it's been a longtime. @jamie_love @WHO @UNDP #TRIPSwaiver

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Fascinating interview of Gates Foundation's CEO Mark Suzman by Politico's Global Pulse. See his answer to this question: "What triggered the Gates Foundation to support a waiver of intellectual property rights for Covid vaccines, which it opposed before?" #TRIPSwaiver @WTO @WHO

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. @WHO director-general endorses a voluntary intellectual property pool to develop Covid-19 products @doctorsoumya @UNITAID @MedsPatentPool @edsilverman #covid19

WHO director-general endorses a voluntary intellectual property pool to develop Covid-19 products

The WHO's director-general has endorsed a voluntary intellectual property pool to develop #Covid19 products.

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Thailand: "We have concerns that some member states act as if they are representing the interest of the drug companies, not the people." #WHA72 @pretpat @HealthPolicyW

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Thailand makes a strong statement, calling for transparency of R&D and manufacturing costs. Supports delinkage of prices and R&D costs. Criticizes countries protecting drug companies in negotiations. #WHA72

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Dr. Barber: "The first thing I want to emphasize is that there are deep cracks in the information ecology around pharmaceutical production, and there is much we do not know because we do not collect data." @HouseCommerce

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Why France was more clear-eyed about Afghanistan than the US @GerardAraud @julyb @Pern13

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WHO Challenges Pfizer and Moderna to Openly Share Their Know-How to Accelerate COVID Vaccine Production

WHO Challenges Pfizer And Moderna To Openly Share Their Know-How To Accelerate COVID Vaccine...

In his most explicit appeal to date, WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called upon the global leaders in COVID mRNA vaccine manufacturing -

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Colombia set to issue a compulsory license for an HIV medicine sold by GSK’s ViiV @edsilverman

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US vaccine diplomat urges producers to back low-cost jab hubs abroad via @financialtimes

US vaccine diplomat urges producers to back low-cost jab hubs abroad

State department unveils plan to boost global supplies by spurring creation of overseas factories

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Hundreds decry closure of @MSF unit that advocates for medical access

Hundreds decry closure of MSF unit that advocates for medical access

They're asking MSF leaders to reverse their decision. Current MSF medical staff members are also asking management not to dismantle the Access Campaign “until the plans for the new structure are more...

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Have Sumatran fishing crews found the fabled Island of Gold? -Treasures worth millions found in the last five years along the Musi River could be the site of the Srivijaya empire @DalrympleWill @holland_tom

Have Sumatran fishing crews found the fabled Island of Gold?

Treasures worth millions found in the last five years along the Musi River could be the site of the Srivijaya empire

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"The World Health Organization announced today the establishment of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub — potentially a significant step towards increasing manufacturing in low- and middle-income countries." @WHO @doctorsoumya @PeterASinger

WHO sets up coronavirus vaccine tech transfer hub

16 Apr 2021 - Pro Alert - By Ashleigh Furlong

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Exclusive: Tony Blair calls for relaxing IP rules for vaccines @devex @wto @WHO

Exclusive: Tony Blair calls for relaxing IP rules for vaccines

The former U.K. prime minister tells Devex that normal rules can't prevail in "abnormal times."

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SPECIAL REPORT - How Bill Gates and his partners took over the global Covid response

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Interesting exchange between @jzarocostas and @NOIweala on access to COVID-19 vaccines (unofficial rough transcript). @WTO press conference @peoplesvaccine #CTAP

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At the @WTO TRIPS Council, South Africa stressed that Article 31bis was "never designed to address the global access challenge of a pandemic." South Africa asked Canada to provide details on Biolyse's experience in using CAMR to issue a compulsory license on the J&J vaccine.

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Fresh from the @WTO - South Africa’s intervention at the informal TRIPS Council meeting of 22 April 2021 @JosephEStiglitz @GordonBrown @TAC

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. @USTradeRep 2022 Special 301 Report is out: "The Biden-Harris Administration supports a waiver of IP protections for COVID-19 vaccines under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement)." @wto @WHO

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379 civil society organizations urge the @wto to stand on the right side of history in the COVID-19 response by supporting the TRIPS waiver proposal by India and South Africa. @WHO @UNAIDS @UNITAID

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"My name is theory balasubramaniyam with knowledge." #WHA75

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Covid: Rich states 'block' vaccine plans for developing nations - @BBCWorld on the local production negotiations at @WHO

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The dates and themes for the @WHO INB informal, focused consultation have been set. 1) Legal matters, 21 Sept 2022, 2) Operationalizing and achieving equity, 5 Oct 2022, and 3) Intellectual property (IP), and access to pandemic response products, 7 Oct 2022.

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@guardian Sicilian fishermen risk prison to rescue migrants: ‘No human would turn away’ @tgemiles @DalrympleWill @MazzucatoM @Vivivovi @CattaFra

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#INB9 Those of us still standing (although one person in this picture was on their way home). Photo taken by a reporter from Agence France-Presse.

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WHO chief: waive Covid vaccine patents to put world on 'war footing'

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Brazil, Egypt, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa, and Thailand comprise the bureau of WHO’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a @WHO #pandemictreaty

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WHO's Chief Scientist, Jeremy Farrar: "In this golden age of science, we have a choice, we can use science to decrease inequity, and make sure science is available to everybody, or we can allow it to increase inequity." #WHA77

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Exclusive: @pfizer Allegedly Pressured @UNICEF to Keep Secret, Pricing for Anti-Viral Treatment Paxlovid. UNICEF Yielded. Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #133 [News Flash] via @FilesGeneva @pretpat @UNICEF @WHO @GlobalFund @UNITAID

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The special session of the WHA to discuss a pandemic treaty will take place at WHO headquarters from 29 November 2021 to 1 December 2021. The @WTO Ministerial Conference will take place from 30 November to 3 December 2021. @WHO #PandemicTreaty #MC12 @natashaloder @alanbeattie

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Countries call on drug companies to share vaccine know-how @WHO #CTAP @WTO

Countries urge drug companies to share vaccine know-how

PARIS (AP) — In an industrial neighborhood on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s largest city lies a factory with gleaming new equipment imported from Germany, its immaculate hallways lined with hermeti...

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. @thenation Are Bill Gates’s Billions Distorting Public Health Data? -Thanks to the Microsoft founder’s support, the IHME can make its own rules about how to track global health. That’s a problem. By @TimothyWSchwab

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114 co-sponsors including Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic Egypt, India, Indonesia, Member States of the African Group, Member States of the European Union, United Kingdom, United States of America and Vanuatu. #WHASS

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@wto @TimothyWSchwab @Anna_Marriott @ellenthoen @MohgaKamalYanni @LinseyMcgoey @jamie_love @juliaoftoronto @KatEschner @peoplesvaccine @ashleighfurlong South Africa: "Yesterday the DG of WHO warned that: “Money is not the only challenge we face. If there are no vaccines to buy, money is irrelevant." @WHO

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Seoul urges Biden to break vaccine IP deadlock @WTO @DrTedros

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Belgian secretary of state accidentally reveals EU vaccine prices @WHO #TransparencyResolution @Vivivovi @YNatsis @ElsTorreele #EB148

Belgian secretary of state accidentally reveals EU vaccine prices

The information is protected by commercial confidentiality agreements.

www.politico.eu

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Nice tributes to my father's legacy by Dr. Krisantha Weerasuriya and @jamie_love - HEALTH ACTION INTERNATIONAL ASIA PACIFIC (HAIAP) at 40 - 1981-2021 @brennan_bala @tessabala

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KEI: "The COVID pandemic illustrates flaws in the intellectual property system. In a public health crisis, no company should have a monopoly of essential inventions, data, biologic resources and manufacturing know-how needed for countermeasures." #WIPOGA

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Persian Flame is my favorite book of Tom Holland's oeuvre, but I still love the magical opening lines of Rubicon. @holland_tom

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Novartis agrees to help Pfizer-BioNTech produce Covid-19 vaccine @peoplesvaccine @MohgaKamalYanni @Anna_Marriott @jamie_love @ellenthoen #CTAP

Novartis agrees to help Pfizer-BioNTech produce Covid-19 vaccine

Swiss pharma giant Novartis says it has signed an initial agreement to provide manufacturing capacity for Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine.

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The minutes of the @WTO TRIPS Council meetings from March 2021 and April 2021 have been de-restricted and are now available for public consumption.

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. @FT Editorial Board weighs in on access to #COVID19 health technologies: "The world has an overwhelming interest in ensuring these will be universally and cheaply available. Fortunately, trade rules allow compulsory licensing. If necessary, it must be used". @wto @WHO

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Scoop-a-doop-doop - Revised draft of the negotiating text of the WHO Pandemic Agreement - Onscreen text as at 21:54 CET on Tuesday 19 March 2024 @POLITICOEurope @WHO #INB9 #pandemictreaty

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South Africa's riposte -(2nd intervention) - @WTO TRIPS Council - "We thank Canada and various other Members for various views offered. Once again we hear Members calling for evidence! This is a classic tactic to stall matters, we have answered all questions posed to us."

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Biden makes the EU look like the bad guys - The US president is not only often as tough as Trump on Europe — he’s also stealing the moral high ground the EU loves. @DaHammerstein @73IreneBer @helleaagaard @YNatsis @DimitriEynikel @WTO

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Agenda for WHO's Fair Pricing Forum. @WHO

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Ellen 't Hoen's riposte to Thomas Cueni published in The Financial Times today. For the full letter, see:

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Mozambique and Pakistan are now co-sponsors of the @WTO TRIPS waiver proposal submitted by Eswatini, India, Kenya, and South Africa.

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Dr Suerie Moon: "For example, Knowledge Ecology International is well known among diplomats, journalists and CSOs for its role in intellectual property and health debates."

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South Africa on fire: closing innings at the WTO TRIPS Council (10 December 2020) @WTO

South Africa on fire: closing innings at the WTO TRIPS Council (10 December 2020) - Knowledge...

UPDATE (16 December 2020): The WTO General Council is meeting from Wednesday, 16 December 2020 to Friday, 18 December 2020 to discuss a number of matters including e-commerce, cotton, and TRIPS...

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Charles de Gaulle overtakes Heathrow as Europe’s busiest airport via @financialtimes @GerardAraud

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@wto @PeterASinger @FilesGeneva @jamie_love @ellenthoen @HAImedicines @MSF_access @peoplesvaccine South Africa: "We are disappointed to hear that Canada, New Zealand and Singapore will draw on a supply of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX pool. Could these delegations indicate whether this is correct?"

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White smoke day in Geneva. The African Group Proposal to Advance a @WIPO Normative Agenda on the Subjects of Genetic Resources Associated with Traditional Knowledge, and the Design Law Treaty was approved by the General Assembly on 21 July 2022.

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@nytimes William Haddad, Crusader for Generic Drugs, Dies at 91 -As head of an industry group, he fought Big Pharma to make treatments for AIDS and other diseases more affordable. And that was just one hat he wore.

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Progressives up pressure on Biden to back COVID vaccine patent waiver @wto @WHO

Progressives up pressure on Biden to back COVID vaccine patent waiver

Progressives are increasing pressure on President Biden to support a waiver for COVID-19 vaccine patent protections at the World Trade Organization (WTO), arguing the move is crucial for helping lo…

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#WTOPublicForum Creation and Protection of Public Goods for Health (the Experience of COVID-19) - 30 September 2022 @WTO

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Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Press Countries to Oppose Patent Waiver - Lobbying in Germany, Japan and other countries is part of a drug-industry effort to counter requests from developing countries @WTO #TripsWaiver

Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Press Countries to Oppose Patent Waiver

The pharmaceutical industry is backing Germany, Japan and other countries that have opposed waiving Covid-19 vaccine patents, after the Biden administration threw its support behind the proposal.

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21 May 2021: 62 WTO members submit revised proposal on a waiver from certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement for the Prevention, Containment, and Treatment of COVID-19 #TRIPSWaiver

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China moves to suspend the WIkimedia Foundation's application to be an observer at WIPO. Day 3, WIPO General Assembly 2020. 23 September 2020

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Photo taken by KM Gopakumar: "The spice must flow." @WIPO

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The Netherlands making a thoughtful, nuanced intervention on access to medicines - supports transparency and notes that even the Netherlands is considering the grant of compulsory licenses. These measure would help achieve SDG3.8 #EB142

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Botswana calls for the establishment of mRNA production capacity in Africa. #WHA74

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Civil society at #INB9 Photo taken by @jzarocostas

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@wto @TimothyWSchwab @Anna_Marriott @ellenthoen @MohgaKamalYanni @LinseyMcgoey @jamie_love @juliaoftoronto @KatEschner @peoplesvaccine @ashleighfurlong @WHO At the TRIPS Council today, South Africa quoted @DrTedros "Even if we have the funds, we can only deliver vaccines to poorer countries if high-income countries cooperate in respecting the deals COVAX has done, and the new deals it is doing."

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@WTO #MC12 will take place in Geneva, Switzerland in December 2021.

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@ThiruGeneva

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#WHA74 President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa calls for a @WTO #TRIPSwaiver

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@ThiruGeneva

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. @WHO #WGIHR8

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@ThiruGeneva

3 years

21 years ago on 12 April 2000, CPTech, @HealthGAP , & @MSF_access met with USTR to discuss US trade policy in the context of of the HIV pandemic ...plus ça change. @asia_ilse @pdavisx @ellenthoen - Thanks to @jamie_love for tracking this down in 2019.

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@ThiruGeneva

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South Africa at the @WTO TRIPS Council - "I don’t want to end this intervention on a negative note, Dr Fauci ...was interviewed yesterday and this is what he had to say: Dr Fauci said the U.S. has a "moral responsibility" to help countries unable to access vaccines." @WHO