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US International Trade Commission Plans To Review COVID-19 Patent Policy

 
• By Elizabeth Orr

The commission is reviewing a World Trade Organization proposal that would result in weaker patent protections for COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics. A public meeting will be held in March. 

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The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has launched a review to determine how a proposed international policy that would grant fewer intellectual property protections to COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics might affect medical innovation.

The issue stems from the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which was reached...

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