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Exclusive-WTO Faces New Battle Over Covid Tests, Drugs
Date: July 7, 2022
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Less than a month after a hard-won deal was reached on a partial waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, a fresh battle may be looming at the World Trade Organization over extending the waiver to treatments and tests. The June deal includes an agreement to debate waiving...
Test Makers Target Monkeypox Market as Cases Surge
Date: June 3, 2022
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Diagnostic companies are racing to develop tests for monkeypox, hoping to tap into a new market as governments ramp up efforts to trace the world’s first major outbreak of the viral infection outside of Africa. The scramble started last month, much like early 2020 when companies rushed to make...
WHO Condemns Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine in Rare Vote, Rejects Moscow’s Counter-Proposal
Date: May 26, 2022
By Emma Farge, Jennifer Rigby and Mrinalika Roy GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization assembly passed a motion on Thursday condemning the regional health emergency triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rejected a rival resolution from Moscow that made no mention of its own role in the crisis. The original proposal https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA75/A75_ACONF6-en.pdf, brought by...
N.Korea Boosts Production of Drugs, Medical Supplies to Battle Covid
Date: May 19, 2022
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea is ramping up production of drugs and medical supplies including sterilisers and thermometers as it battles an unprecedented coronavirus outbreak, state media KCNA said on Thursday. The isolated country, which has imposed a nationwide lockdown, is also increasing production of traditional Korean medicines used to reduce fever and...
N.Korea’s Kim Orders Military to Stabilise Supply of Covid Drugs
Date: May 16, 2022
By Josh Smith and Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) -Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered North Korea’s military to stabilise distribution of COVID-19 medicine in the capital, Pyongyang, in the battle on the country’s first confirmed outbreak of the disease, state media said. Last week brought the North’s first acknowledgment of an “explosive” outbreak, with experts...
Covid Vaccine Makers Shift Focus to Boosters
Date: May 9, 2022
By Michael Erman and Manas Mishra (Reuters) – COVID-19 vaccine makers are shifting gears and planning for a smaller, more competitive booster shot market after delivering as many doses as fast as they could over the last 18 months. Executives at the biggest COVID vaccine makers including Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc said they believe...