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8 October 2020Big PharmaMuireann Bolger

South Africa, India urge WTO to waive IP for COVID-19 treatments

South Africa and India have asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to cede some stipulations governing IP so that treatments to combat COVID-19 can become more widely available, particularly in low-income countries.

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