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India’s Patent Policy and Negotiations in TRIPs: Future Options for India and other Developing Countries Dr. Anitha Ramanna( It is an opportune moment for India and other developing countries to review and consolidate their strategies on intellectual property rights in the WTO. Recent developments relating to TRIPs have witnessed some important gains for developing countries. In the Doha WTO Ministerial, developing countries were able to ensure that a Declaration on TRIPs and Public Health was passed. In 2001 within the FAO, countries agreed on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic R