Benin accepts TRIPS amendment to ease poor countries’ access to affordable medicines

The protocol amending the TRIPS Agreement, which was agreed in 2005, is intended to formalize a decision to ease poorer WTO members rsquo; access to affordable medicines. The protocol allows exporting countries to grant compulsory licences (i.e. licences granted without the patent holder rsquo;s consent) to their generic suppliers to manufactur ... Read Full Story