07/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - In a press release published on 6 December, the European Commission welcomes the agreement reached at the WTO on the amendment of the TRIPS agreements on obligatory licences obligatoires guaranteeing that poor countries will be provided with generic medicines. The Commission hopes that the ministerial meeting of Hong Kong will enshrine this amendment, which will eventually replace the temporary decision reached on 30 August 2003. The member countries of the WTO...