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Sunday, July 29, 2007

Big Pharma’s Patent Push
HIGHLIGHT: Generic drugs will continue to dominate the Indian pharma market over the next five years, but multinational companies are lobbying to shape patent laws to protect their profitability over the long term. How far will they succeed? Now we know how long it takes for Chemicals & Fer... Continued...

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Rwanda tests WTO waiver on AIDS drug patents
Rwanda plans to import a generic HIV/AIDS medicine made in Canada, making it the first country to test a World Trade Organization waiver on drug patents, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said Friday. In a submission to the WTO, according to its website, Rwanda said it expects over the next two ... Continued...

Friday, July 20, 2007

DEVELOPMENT: EU SUPPORT FOR TRADE MAY DRAIN FUNDS FOR HEALTH
African leaders are worried that aid for health and education may decrease even as the European Union backs an initiative to increase Africa's share of world trade. The EU's executive arm, the European Commission, has been promising that substantial "aid for trade" will be available to African, C... Continued...

US Trade Analysts: Sept Last Chance for WTO Doha Accord
Officials will have one last chance in September to reach agreement on new trade rules under the World Trade Organization or it may be years before they can sit down for another attempt, trade experts said Friday. "We know that it's either now or much, much later," said Mary Irace, vice president... Continued...

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Make farm bill about providing healthful food
What does farm policy have to do with obesity? Quite a bit. And now health professionals are stepping into new territory - the writing of the 2007 farm bill - to show how this massive piece of legislation is critical to more than just farmers. Last month, more than 300 physicians, obesity researc... Continued...

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Organic farming yields as good or better: study
Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food as conventional farming in developing countries, and holds its own against standard methods in rich countries, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. They said their findings contradict arguments that organic farming -- which excludes the use of... Continued...

Sunday, July 1, 2007

A Challenge to Gene Theory, a Tougher Look at Biotech
THE $73.5 billion global biotech business may soon have to grapple with a discovery that calls into question the scientific principles on which it was founded. Last month, a consortium of scientists published findings that challenge the traditional view of how genes function. The exhaustive four-... Continued...