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Monumental moment in fight against COVID-19, says WHO chief after US annou
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 6 (ANI): Lauding the United States for extending support to waiving patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines amid the global health crisis, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus termed the Biden administration's decision
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US supports waiver of intellectual property protection for COVID-19 vaccin
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday (local time) announced its support for a global waiver on patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines and said it will negotiate the terms at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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TRIPS waiver will allow developing nations speedy access to COVID-19 vacci
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Pretoria [South Africa] May 1, (ANI): President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday said South Africa and India have made a "strong call" for a temporary TRIPS waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as it will allow developing nations more speedy and equitable acces
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US to become 'arsenal of COVID-19 vaccines' for world: Biden
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday vowed that the United States will become an "arsenal of vaccination" for the rest of the world to fight COVID-19.
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US Trade Rep Katherine Tai discusses increasing vaccine production with Pf
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 27 (ANI): United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Monday (local time) met virtually with Dr Albert Bourla, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer, to discuss increasing vaccine production and global health issues.
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US to work closely with India to facilitate movement of essential supplies
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 24 (ANI): US State Department spokeswoman, Jalina Porter on Friday (local time) during a press briefing reaffirmed that US will work closely with India to facilitate movement of essential supplies during COVID-19 surge.
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10 US Senators ask Biden to back India's proposal to get TRIPS waiver to C
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): Amid the unrelenting coronavirus pandemic, ten Senators have urged US President Joe Biden to support India and South Africa's proposal to the WTO to temporarily lift certain intellectual property barriers and allow countries to locally manufacture COVID-19
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Former world leaders call on Biden to waive COVID vaccine patents
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 15 (ANI): More than 170 former world leaders and Nobel laureates are calling on United States President Joe Biden to make COVID-19 vaccines more readily available by waiving US intellectual property rules.
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US continues to support direct dialogue between India and Pak: Biden admin
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 7 (ANI): US State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Tuesday (local time) said that Washington supports direct dialogue between India and Pakistan on the issues of concern.
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WTO calls for ramping up vaccine production in developing nations
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 10 (ANI/Sputnik): World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called on pharmaceutical companies to scale up the production of coronavirus vaccines in developing countries to overcome supply shortage.
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US Civil society groups, lawmakers press Biden to support India's TRIPS wa
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI): Hundreds of civil society groups in the US, along with several progressive lawmakers, are keeping up the pressure on the Biden administration to support India's TRIPS waiver on COVID-19 vaccines, reported Inside US Trade - an online news service.
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India's proposal at WTO for TRIPS waiver gets support from 57 nations, say
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): As many as 57 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have supported India's proposal for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver on COVID-19 vaccines, said Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal on Thursday.
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