Joseph Stiglitz urges SA to reject compromise on Covid-19 patent waiver
Move is insufficient to make cheap generic vaccines available to developing countries, says economist
22 March 2022 - 13:53
UPDATED 22 February 2022 - 19:09
Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has joined a call from activists and researchers urging President Cyril Ramaphosa to revisit SA’s position on a compromise deal that emerged last week at World Trade Organisation talks on a waiver on intellectual property rights (IP) for Covid-19 technologies, saying it will not do enough to make cheap generic vaccines and treatments available to developing countries.
Leaked documents detail a compromise position reached by negotiators for the US, EU, SA and India that could potentially end the near 18-month deadlock over the IP waiver...
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