https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=3462 India and Brazil agreed to deepen pharmaceutical cooperation to improve access to affordable medicines, highlighting the TRIPS compulsory licensing mechanism as a means to secure cheaper drugs and citing an Indian compulsory licence as an example. Parties recognised regulatory and market-access obstacles-duplicate testing, registration and import delays, port clearances, and pricing reference issues-and agreed to form an industry-level working group to identify hurdles and submit concrete suggestions through governmental channels, alongside broader trade, investment and finance cooperation and a new CEOs Forum. en-us Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:10:27 +0530 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:10:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=3462 India and Brazil agreed to deepen pharmaceutical cooperation to improve access to affordable medicines, highlighting the TRIPS compulsory licensing mechanism as a means to secure cheaper drugs and citing an Indian compulsory licence as an example. Parties recognised regulatory and market-access obstacles-duplicate testing, registration and import delays, port clearances, and pricing reference issues-and agreed to form an industry-level working group to identify hurdles and submit concrete suggestions through governmental channels, alongside broader trade, investment and finance cooperation and a new CEOs Forum. News - Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:10:27 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=3462