On August 30, 2003, the member countries of the WTO adopted the Decision on Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health. This Decision provides flexibility for the export of pharmaceutical products under compulsory license (which flexibility...

WTO adopted the waiver solution in compulsory licensing, beginning from the Doha Declaration to the amendment of TRIPS Agreement, to facilitate access to medicine to the countries lacking manufacturing capacity. This article examines challenges faced by countries while issuing compulsory...