Some stakeholders at the UNCTAD peer review meeting did not consider 90 days as being a reasonable period of time. Bayer and the United States Government quickly came to an agreement enabling the low-cost mass production of Cipro. In short, no state of emergency is ever needed as a procedural requirement for the issuance of any given compulsory license 438 A state of emergency constitutes one of the situations that will waive the prior negotiations requirement.