Daily Archives: July 16, 2013

Medicine prices will shoot with Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement- MP warns

Posted on July 16, 2013 by donttradeourlivesaway

Source: Malaysia Chronicle 10th July,2013 Signing the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will see an increase in the cost of medicines, an MP said today.

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Health Ministry to check if Pharma FDI policy mars public health

Posted on July 16, 2013 by donttradeourlivesaway

Source: Economic Times July 15,2013 NEW DELHI: The health ministry will hold an inter-ministerial meeting on Monday to ensure that the existing foreign direct investment policy in the pharmaceutical sector is not at variance with the public health goals of … Continue reading →

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Intellectual property threats in the BRIC markets

Posted on July 16, 2013 by donttradeourlivesaway

Source: PMLive Compulsory licensing and other legal concerns for pharma in emerging markets For as long as pharma and biotech companies have contemplated doing business in BRIC, there have been questions about intellectual property (IP) risk.

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Government likely to review bilateral trade pacts, FTAs to reassess gains Economic Times

Posted on July 16, 2013 by donttradeourlivesaway

Source: Economic Times July 16,2013 NEW DELHI: The government may review India’s bilateral trade pacts including free trade agreements (FTAs) amid increasing clamour from the industry against conceding foreign trading partners more access to the country’s market without extracting significant … Continue reading →

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Why are universities trying to limit access to breast cancer tests?

Posted on July 16, 2013 by donttradeourlivesaway

Source: Washington Post When the Supreme Court ruled that you couldn’t patent human genes, Ambry Genetics began offering women a test for the BRCA genes, which are linked to breast cancer. But last week, Myriad Genetics, the firm that has enjoyed a de … Continue reading →

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Rights: Access to medicines resolution adopted

Posted on July 16, 2013 by donttradeourlivesaway

New Delhi, 15 Jul (K. M. Gopakumar) — The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution on access to medicines despite opposition from the United States and the European Union. This was at the 23rd session of the … Continue reading →

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UN Human Right Council’s resolution on Access to Medicines

Posted on July 16, 2013 by donttradeourlivesaway

Last month, the United Nations Human Rights Council  adopted a resolution “Access to medicines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health“urging the member countries to develop … Continue reading →

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