Health and Care Bill — Report (4th Day) (Continued) — Amendment 174 — 16 Mar 2022 at 22:30
Moved by Baroness Chakrabarti
174: After Clause 164, insert the following new Clause-“Global health emergency international cooperationIn 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 statementIn 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.
Ayes 82, Noes 115.
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