Moved by
Baroness Chakrabarti
174: After Clause 164, insert the following new Clause—
“Global health emergency international cooperation
In the event of the World Health Organisation declaring a public health emergency of international concern (“PHEIC”), the Secretary of State must within three months—
(a) initiate or otherwise support and implement proposals temporarily to waive elements of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (“TRIPS”) at the World Trade Organisation to assist wider global manufacturing of and access to health technologies;
(b) waive such UK-registered patents, industrial designs, other intellectual property rights, and protections concerning undisclosed information relating to—
(i) vaccines,
(ii) medicines,
(iii) diagnostics and their associated technologies, and
(iv) materials,
as necessary for combatting the emergency internationally; and
(c) issue relevant emergency compulsory directions to enable the domestic manufacturing of generic and biosimilar products.”
Member’s explanatory statement
In the event of a public health emergency of international concern, this new Clause requires the Secretary of State to support domestic and international knowledge-sharing, to combat the emergency.