Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 10999
Drugs: Licensing
Tabled: 24 October 2024
Answered: 31 October 2024
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department supports the use of Compulsory Licences to gain access to medicines (a) generally and (b) by Columbia for access to dolutegravir.
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderThe Government supports the Doha Declaration on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and Public Health and, within that, a country’s right to use compulsory licensing, where necessary and appropriate, to achieve public health poli...
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