H.E. Ambassador Dr Walter Werner

Brazil

13 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST: PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY

475.   We are enjoying very much this interactive discussion. Brazil would like to support what was mentioned by South Africa on the importance of bringing this topic to the discussion here at the TRIPS Council. Unfortunately, not all WTO Members are part of the organizations that were just mentioned by the US, therefore I think it is useful to have a broader discussion here at TRIPS Council.

44.   The Chair said that China and South Africa had initially requested the agenda item on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest: Promoting Public Health through Competition Law and Policy". It had also been cosponsored by Brazil and India. A communication had been circulated in document IP/C/W/643 and its addendum.
45.   The representatives of South Africa; Brazil; China; India; Indonesia; the United States; the European Union; Switzerland; the Republic of Korea; Australia; Japan; New Zealand; and UNCTAD took the floor.
46.   The Council took note of the statements made.

IP/C/M/89, IP/C/M/89/Add.1