Publications: SouthNews


Patents and Health on the Global Agenda: WIPO’s 36th Session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents Tackles Access to Medicines
SouthNews No. 513, 27 November 2024

Eduardo Vodanovic Undurraga
The Africa Group emphasizes that a new WHO pandemic agreement must be founded on equity
SouthNews No. 511, 5 November 2024
The WHO Pandemic Treaty Negotiations Resume This Week: The Group of Equity highlights priorities
SouthNews No. 510, 4 November 2024
"BIO Havana Cuba 2024"/"BIO Habana Cuba 2024"
SouthNews No. 494, 12 June 2024/12 junio 2024

German Velasquez

Argentina Sets Precedent in Combating Evergreening with Rigorous Patent Examination Guidelines
SouthNews No. 491, 6 June 2024

Nirmalya Syam

Bangladesh adopts new patent law to make use of TRIPS flexibilities for public health
SouthNews No. 479, 8 February 2024

Nirmalya Syam
Criterios para el Examen de Patentes en al Área Farmacéutica en Colombia
SouthNews No. 477, 5 de febrero de 2024

Viviana Muñoz
Patent Examiners from Africa Exchange Approaches to Examination of Pharmaceutical Patent Applications from a Public Health Perspective in South Centre Regional Training
SouthNews No. 476, 19 December 2023

Nirmalya Syam
Copyrights and Access to Knowledge in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: South Centre and Thailand’s Court of Appeals for Specialized Cases course for judges
SouthNews No. 467, 31 October 2023

Vitor Ido
How to balance competition policies and intellectual property in the pharmaceutical industry is part of debate co-organized by the South Centre and the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) in Brasília
SouthNews No. 466, 27 October 2023

Vitor Ido
Good Pharmaceutical Patent Examination Promotes Access to Medicines: South Centre Side Event to the 64th WIPO Assemblies
SouthNews No. 463, 29 September 2023

Vitor Ido
South Centre Holds National Workshop on Intellectual Property and Public Health for Policy Makers from Pakistan
SouthNews No. 452, 10 July 2023

Jacquelene Mwangi
Curso virtual sobre criterios para el examen de patentes farmacéuticas para Venezuela
SouthNews No. 449, 12 de mayo de 2023

Viviana Muñoz Téllez
Opening Statement of the South Centre to the WHO INB4
SouthNews No. 443, 28 February 2023

Reunión Regional de Alto Nivel sobre Políticas de Propiedad Intelectual para Favorecer el Logro de los Objetivos de Salud Pública (Cartagena, dic. 5-6) organizado en cooperación con el Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social de Colombia
SouthNews No. 440, 31 de enero de 2023

Viviana Muñoz Téllez

Potential reforms and interpretations of the TRIPS Agreement to promote access to health technologies discussed at a webinar organized by the South Centre
SouthNews No. 437, 24 January 2023

Vitor Ido
Second Global Forum on Intellectual Property, Access to Medicines and Innovation Report
SouthNews No. 435, 20 January 2023

Vitor Ido
South Centre Statement on the extension of the TRIPS waiver for diagnostics and therapeutics for COVID-19
SouthNews No. 434, 9 January 2023
South Centre Statement
WHO proposed instrument on pandemics:
the Conceptual Zero Draft needs substantial improvement to address global public health needs
SouthNews No. 430, 12 December 2022
Addressing the public health implications of patent policies for biologicals: patent offices share their perspectives at the South Centre
SouthNews No. 427, 18 November 2022

Vitor Ido
South Centre promotes discussion on local production for vaccines and therapeutics in developing countries
SouthNews No. 423, 14 October 2022

Viviana Munoz Tellez
Human Rights Council adopts Resolution calling for global, equitable access to medicines, vaccines and other medical technologies
SouthNews No. 418, 2 August 2022

Vitor Ido
South Centre organized Exchange Among Asian Patent Authorities and Examiners on Patent Policies and Public Health
SouthNews No. 416, 20 July 2022

Shirin Syed
South Centre seminars for African Judges on IP and Public Health note the pivotal importance of TRIPS Flexibilities
SouthNews No. 413, 24 June 2022

Vitor Ido
South Centre Statement
TRIPS WAIVER: AN INSUFFICIENT MULTILATERAL RESPONSE. TRIPS-CONSISTENT NATIONAL ACTIONS ARE CALLED FOR
SouthNews No. 411, 22 June 2022

South Centre Course on Intellectual Property, Competition and Public Health with the Court of Appeals for Specialized Cases – Thailand, 18-20 May 2022
SouthNews No. 408, 8 June 2022

Vitor Ido
South Centre organizes a course for Colombian Judges on intellectual property and public health
SouthNews No. 404, 8 April 2022

Vitor Ido
South Centre and ORAS CONHU conduct training in December 2021 and January 2021 for Patent Offices and Ministries of Health on the implementation of TRIPS Flexibilities for Public Health | El South Centre y ORAS CONHU realizan una capacitación en diciembre de 2021 y enero de 2021 para Oficinas de Patentes y Ministerios de Salud sobre la implementación de las flexibilidades del ADPIC para la Salud Pública
SouthNews No. 397, 1 February 2022

Vitor Ido
South Centre and IDEC organize debate on local manufacturing and equitable access to vaccines and treatments for COVID-19
SouthNews No. 394, 20 January 2022

Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido
South Centre promueve discusión sobre la propiedad intelectual y el interés público en Colombia y la región: el contexto del Covid-19, uso de las flexibilidades del Acuerdo ADPIC y la protección de conocimiento tradicional
SouthNews No. 393, 23 December 2021

Viviana Munoz Tellez
South Centre and Patent Offices from developing countries gather to share experiences on intellectual property and public health
SouthNews No. 391, 16 December 2021

Vitor Ido
Aligning patent examination with public health policies in Central America
SouthNews No. 390, 13 December 2021

Viviana Munoz Tellez
Are the US, EU and China shifting positions on IP and Public Health? South Centre webinar discussed their recent trends as the second webinar of the Emerging Trends in FTAs and Public Health series
SouthNews No. 387, 3 November 2021

Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido
South Centre working session at the WTO Public Forum 2021 discussed the future of the TRIPS Agreement post COVID-19
SouthNews No. 385, 19 October 2021

Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido
South Centre and Thammasat University held successful online regional course on intellectual property and public health for judges from 13 Asian countries
SouthNews No. 381, 8 October 2021

Vitor Ido
Ensuring a Sustainable and Resilient Response to COVID-19 and Emerging Infectious Diseases through Local Production
SouthNews No. 378, 16 July 2021

Mirza Alas and Vitor Ido
Investment agreements and intellectual property: concerns for developing countries on possible investor claims in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
SouthNews No. 375, 10 June 2021

Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido
Amplio respaldo por la extensión del período de transición que exime a los países menos desarrollados (LDC) de implementar el Acuerdo TRIPS; no obstante, se está demorando el consenso en la OMC
SouthNews No. 372, 5 de junio de 2021

Nirmalya Syam
Large soutien à la prorogation de la période de transition exemptant les pays les moins avancés (PMA) de la mise en œuvre de l’Accord sur les ADPIC – mais le consensus demeure en retard à l’OMC
SouthNews No. 371, 5 juin 2021

Nirmalya Syam
Un aperçu du nombre croissant des mesures et initiatives juridiques au niveau national et à l’OMC pour garantir l’accès aux vaccins contre la Covid-19
SouthNews No. 370, 3 juin 2021

Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido
Una descripción general de las crecientes medidas legales e iniciativas a nivel nacional y en la OMC para garantizar el acceso a vacunas contra la Covid-19
SouthNews No. 369, 3 de junio de 2021

Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido
An overview of the growing legal measures and initiatives at national level and at the WTO to ensure access to Covid-19 vaccines
SouthNews No. 367, 22 May 2021

Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido
Broad support for the extension of the transition period exempting LDCs from implementing the TRIPS Agreement – but consensus lagging at WTO
SouthNews No. 366, 20 May 2021

Nirmalya Syam
South Centre series on manufacturing capacity for COVID-19 kicks off with Brazil’s Butantan Institute’s experience with Sinovac
SouthNews No. 363, 1 April 2021

Vitor Ido
UNGA Resolution on Global health and foreign policy: strengthening health system resilience through affordable health care for all, adopted 14 December
SouthNews No. 358, 21 December 2020

Viviana Munoz Tellez
WTO TRIPS Council discusses major proposals from developing and least developed countries for waiving certain TRIPS obligations and extension of transition period for LDCs
SouthNews No. 347, 23 October 2020

Nirmalya Syam
WHO´s Executive Board assesses current COVID-19 response and requests to be more involved in the review processes
SouthNews No. 346, 20 October 2020

Mirza Alas and Vitor Ido
The 74th UN General Assembly Adopts New Resolutions on COVID-19 Response
SouthNews No. 344, 9 October 2020

Mirza Alas
High-Level Representatives from Governments, IGOs and NGOs reflect on the role for WHO’s C-TAP to ensure access to COVID-19 health technologies
SouthNews No. 343, 8 October 2020

Vitor Ido and Mirza Alas
Action at the WTO is needed to accelerate research, development, manufacturing and supply of medical products to combat Covid-19: Proposal from India and South Africa
SouthNews No. 341, 5 October 2020

Viviana Munoz Tellez
South Centre co-organizes discussions on Covid-19 Vaccines in Brazil
SouthNews No. 337, 18 September 2020
Innovación y propiedad intelectual en escenarios pospandemia
SouthNews No. 331, 20 August 2020

Source: http://www.derecho.uba.ar/derechoaldia/notas/innovacion-y-propiedad-intelectual-en-escenarios-pospandemia/+8061
EU Parliament adopts resolution on public health strategy post-COVID-19 based on use of TRIPS flexibilities to ensure access to health technologies
SouthNews No. 329, 12 August 2020

Nirmalya Syam
WTO TRIPS Council discusses national IP measures and TRIPS flexibilities in the context of COVID-19
SouthNews No. 327, 7 August 2020

Nirmalya Syam
Communiqué from Africa's Leadership in COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Access Virtual Conference

 SouthNews, No. 324, 2 July 2020

Source: africacdc.org

Costa Rica and Chile announced an open, collaborative platform to combat COVID-19
SouthNews No. 322, 19 May 2020

Mirza Alas
The Covid-19 Pandemic: Intellectual Property Management for Access to Diagnostics, Medicines and Vaccines
SouthNews, No. 319, 8 May 2020

Dr. Viviana Munoz Tellez
A Public Health-Oriented Examination of Pharmaceutical Patent Claims: Sharing of Experiences at the Indian Patent Offices in Kolkata and Chennai
SouthNews, No. 313, 17 March 2020

Nirmalya Syam
Government Agencies and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers in Bangladesh Discuss Draft South Centre Report on Impact of End of TRIPS Transition Period upon LDC Graduation
SouthNews, No. 311, 3 March 2020

Nirmalya Syam


Academics support South Centre work on TRIPS flexibilities for Public Health
SouthNews, No. 305, 16 December 2019

Dr. Viviana Munoz Tellez
South Centre imparted training for Latin American Judges on intellectual property and access to medicines
SouthNews, No. 310, 22 November 2019

Vitor Ido
Regional and National Policymakers Exchange Experiences on the Use of TRIPS Flexibilities for Access to Medicines in Regional and National Workshops

SouthNews, No. 301, 21 November 2019

Nirmalya Syam
Heads of Intellectual Property Offices from Egypt and India Share Experience on the Importance of Substantive Patent Examination of Pharmaceutical Products
SouthNews, No. 290, 22 October 2019

Nirmalya Syam
Central American and Caribbean policy makers seek use of TRIPS flexibilities to reduce drug prices

 SouthNews, No. 285(2), 7 October 2019

Thamara Romero
South Centre Workshop on Examination of Pharmaceutical Patents
SouthNews, No. 264, 27 June 2019

Opening statement of Dr. Mona Mohamed Yahia, President of the Egyptian Patent Office
Judges discuss intellectual property enforcement from a public health perspective in Paraguay
SouthNews, No. 251, 26 April 2019

Thamara Romero