SAVE THE DATE & INVITATION: Fix The Patent Laws Campaign (FTPL) Webinar
Webinar: Mobilising support for patent law reform locally and internationally.
Fix The Patent Laws Campaign (FTPL) cordially invites you to a webinar on mobilising support for patent law reform locally and internationally. The event will be held on Wednesday, 29 April 2021 from 11 am (South Africa Time)
The webinar aims to discuss the ongoing issues about equitable access to medicines and technologies including those related to COVID19. the international context, the push for the TRIPS Waiver and the need for international solidarity.
WHAT TO EXPECT?
We will be discussing overcoming barriers to medicines, vaccines, and medical tools for cancer, diabetes, HIV and TB, as well as COVID-19. This is even more important as the World Trade Organisation ' s TRIPS council meets on 30 April to discuss the proposal by South Africa and India, supported by over 100 countries, to waive patents on COVID-19 technologies
RSVP: Lindokuhle Yengo, comms.intern@joburg.msf.org, +27 73 237 8941 OR Kate Stegeman (Kate.Stegeman@joburg.msf.org or 079 527 1921)
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India and South Africa made a formal request to the World Trade Organization (WTO) for a waiver to allow countries to suspend all patents on any medicines, medical tools and devices during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a landmark step and we need to get our voice behind it so that more governments get on board to support this request and make it a reality. The success of the patent waiver request could be a real game-changer to put people's lives over profit and to provide governments with the necessary legal basis to ensure access for their population during the pandemic..jpg)
View of the banner deployed by MSF in front of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva calling on certain governments to stop blocking the landmark waiver proposal on intellectual property (IP) during the pandemic.%20(1).jpg)
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