Thai, U.S. Trade Meeting Set Over Compulsory License Policy
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Thailand's Commerce Ministry permanent secretary scheduled a meeting with a U.S. Trade Representative official March 17 on the Asian nation's compulsory licensing policy on drug patents. The United States is to decide by the end of April whether to take Thailand off its Priority Watch List for countries that violate global intellectual property protection rules. Thai Commerce Minister Mingkwan Sangsuwan also is set to meet with USTR head Susan Schwab next month in Bangkok. Several Thai ministries are to decide this week on the status of the CL policy. (Click here for more