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Europe Told Of Obligations On Virus Benefit-Sharing

By Intellectual Property Watch

In what may be the first legal reference to newly adopted international rules on sharing the benefits of and access to genetic resources, nongovernmental groups have sent letters to top European health officials reminding them of these obligations in the context of influenza viruses and access to vaccines - a topic under debate this week at the World Health Organization.

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on December 14, 2010 (boomark / email).