By waiving WTO members’ obligations under Article 31(f) of the WTO agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the TRIPS agreement), this decision allows WTO members to grant compulsory licences for the production and sale of patented pharmaceutical products intended for export to third countries with insufficient or no manufacturing capacity in the pharmaceutical sector.
By waiving WTO members’ obligations under Article 31(f) of the WTO agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the TRIPS agreement), this decision allows WTO members to grant compulsory licences for the production and sale of patented pharmaceutical products intended for export to third countries with insufficient or no manufacturing capacity in the pharmaceutical sector.