Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) on Thursday requested European Union (EU) ambassador here to drop ‘ambiguity’ in its support to changing Patent rights and thereby facilitate cost effective production and adequate availability of Covid-19 vaccines and medicines in India.
Noting that the Euopean Union (EU) is not clear in its support to changing Patent rights in the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s meeting, next month, the SJM, an RSS outfit, asked it to “unconditionally support the TRIPS Waiver Proposal”.
In a letter to the Ambassador Delegation of the European Union to India and Bhutan Ugo Astuto SJM Co-convenor Ashwini Mahajan said the Global health crisis due to Coronavirus pandemic has prompted several countries to support the Indian and South African application for a patent waver.