NGOs urge Obama to change stance on LDCs patent waiver

US President Barack Obama has been urged by several non-government organisations (NGOs) to permanently exempt the world’s least developed countries (LDCs) from having to grant patents for pharmaceutical products.

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6 November 2015 The World Trade Organization has granted permission for the world’s Least Developed Countries to be exempt from administering and enforcing patents directed to pharmaceutical drugs.

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