Joint NGO Statement on the TRIPS Council Decision On Extension of the Transition Period Concerning Pharmaceutical Products

Joint Statement by 14 Civil Society Groups Reposted from the Third World Network, Link Today (6th November), the WTO-TRIPS Council adopted a decision granting Least Developed Countries (LDCs) an exemption from patents and test data protection for pharmaceutical products for a duration of 17 years. With this exemption, LDCs will not be obliged to implement [...]