The webinar will look at the effect of TRIPS on technology diffusion in the pharmaceutical sector, practical considerations with respect to intellectual property (IP) sharing, and government policies related to innovation, dissemination and local pharmaceutical production.

The webinar is an integral part of the “Virtual Course on Trade and Public Health with a Special Focus on the COVID-19 Pandemic” and is open to the public.  It will take place on 12 May 2021, from 14:00 to 16:30 (CET).

Registration for the webinar is available here.

The full programme of the event is available here.

The event will be live streamed through the WTO YouTube channel.

To mark the 25th anniversary of the TRIPS Agreement in 2020, the Secretariat organized a commemorative event on 24 November 2020, followed by a series of webinars continuing into 2021.  These allowed relevant stakeholders to reflect on the past, present and future of the most comprehensive multilateral treaty on intellectual property protection and enforcement.

The full series of events scheduled to commemorate TRIPS@25 is available here.