Op-ed: President Ramaphosa should support the COVID-19 IP pool

By Prof Yousuf Vawda and Prof Brook K. Baker, May 25, 2020

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Having pressed the imperative of equitable global sharing of COVID-19 health products, President Ramaphosa must now declare support for the Intellectual Property Pool for COVID-19, argues Professor Yousuf Vawda & Professor Brook K Baker.

Op-ed: President Ramaphosa should support the COVID-19 IP pool

80 Academics urge President Ramaphosa to expedite changes to SA’s patent laws

By Spotlight, May 20, 2020

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As the confirmed number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa climbs toward 20 000, a group of 80 leading academics, teachers and researchers have written to President Cyril Ramaphosa to urge reform of South Africa’s Patents Act. We republish the letter in full.

Tags: access to medicine Department of Health Department of Trade and Industry Fix the patent laws intellectual property Medicines Patent laws President Cyril Ramaphosa

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