Drug Patent Compulsory Licensing
Penn State researcher argues that ambiguous international rules outlining when and how governments may "break" pharmaceutical patents may end up significantly reducing incentives for innovation while at the same time failing to increase access to medicines. In a new paper "Confronting Myths a...Brazilian President Silva Issues Compulsory License for Merck's Antiretroviral Efavirenz
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday issued a compulsory license to produce a lower-cost, generic version of Merck's antiretroviral Efavirenz, the AP/Forbes reports. World Trade Organization regulations allow governments to declare a "national emergency" and issue compul...Thailand Will Not Issue Compulsory Licenses for Patented Drugs
Thai Health Minister Mongkol Na Songkhla on Tuesday said that Thailand will not issue compulsory licenses to produce reduced-cost versions of patented drugs if pharmaceutical companies offer prices lower than those charged by generic drug makers, Reuters AlertNet reports. Mongkol's comments came o...Abbott Offers Aluvia to Thailand in Return for Compulsory Licensing Halt
Abbott Laboratories said this week that it is willing to proceed with the registration of a heat stable version of lopinavir/ritonavir called Aluvia in Thailand if the Thai// government will halt its plans for a compulsory license to allow imports of a generic version from India, and will sell it t...Proposed Compulsory Treatment For Alcohol Addicts
The New South Wales Government, through a two-year pilot program would trial compulsory treatment for alcoholics up to 28 days at Nepean Hospital in western Sydney.// The government is drafting changes to the Inebriates Act 1912 to enable the trial to take place. The two-year plan, to be rolled...Pre-Marital HIV Testing To Be Made Compulsory In AP, India
Andhra Pradesh, one of the large states of India accounts for 1.5 million of India's 5.7 million HIV/AIDS affected people.// The government of Andhra Pradesh is set to make it compulsory for couples to take a HIV test before marrying. This is done with a motive of putting an end to the birth ...Registration Compulsory For Nursing Homes, Clinics – Says A New Proposed Law By Health Ministr
Government-run health centres, hospitals, nursing homes, Diagnostic centres will soon need to be registered and also adhere to the minimum standards specified by law –// according to a new draft ‘Clinical Establishment Bill’ that has been finalised by the Health Ministry and is being sent to the ca...Opposition to Compulsory Fortification of Bread with Folic Acid
Laurie Powell President of the New Zealand Association of Bakers is opposing the compulsory addition of folic acid in the bread as it would not have the desired effect.// Folic acid addition in bread is made compulsory by the government to reduce the number of Neural Tube Defects (NTD's), in ba...Testing For HIV/AIDS Compulsory For New Military Recruits
Terming the disease as "virus enemy number one", the Indian armed forces will make testing for HIV/AIDS compulsory for new recruits in all the three wings from Oct 1. "Today the armed forces considers the HIV virus enemy number one// and, therefore, AIDS/HIV testing for all new recruits to th...Using water to understand human society, from the industrial revolution to global trade
...ich Member States need to send to the European Commission regularly from 2009, according to the Water Framework Directive," says Aldaya. "So it is now compulsory to calculate water footprints of the different socioeconomic sectors in Spain." ...Consumer not ready for tailor-made nutrition
...of conditions that consumers would require before accepting nutrigenomics. The most important is freedom of choice: the guarantee that it would not be compulsory to register a genetic profile. The consumer also believes that the products being developed should provide proven (health) benefits and that their use...Experts meet on need for new rules to govern world's fragile polar regions
...asures to protect polar regions from harm, including shipping traffic separation schemes, recommended routes, deep- water routes, areas to be avoided, compulsory pilotage and other vessel traffic services. He notes a UNCLOS provision devoted to "ice-covered areas" which refers to the right of coastal states ...'Cross fire' from the brain makes patients tremble
...urbed neurons in the core region of the brain and effectively removes their compulsion to "fire" at the same time. Tass' new development disturbs this compulsory diseased mode by using very mild, targeted and desynchronized stimuli in different places. In this way, the rhythm becomes irregular and breaks down. ...Study reveals that immigrant teenagers eat better than Spanish teenagers
...ed and implemented a multicultural educational programme based on food and nutrition. This programme has been applied to students of the third year of compulsory Secondary Education in the IES Cartuja school in Granada. Under the title Alimentacin Intercultural. Comer mejor es possible (Intercultural Alimentati...Scientist warns of threat to last stronghold of endangered turtle
...s the EU has struck up a number of agreements with African nations to fish their waters. Amazingly, most EU fishing concessions don't even incorporate compulsory bycatch monitoring programmes. Scientists from the University of Exeter's Cornwall Campus are working with a consortium of partners in Gabon (Aven...Government Mandates Create Guaranteed Market for Bio-Fuel, Says Frost & Sullivan
... to high feedstock prices and uncertainty in government mandates during the economic downturn. "To address this, some governments have introduced compulsory mandates for bio-fuels, which will create a guaranteed market, although the blending percent is generally low when compared to the EU market," said Ba...Sinovac Enters Veterinary Vaccine Market with Inactivated Rabies Vaccine
...ence rabies in both animals and humans. On January 18, 2008, China approved compulsory vaccination for dogs. According to the statistics released by Ministry of A... bird flu, swine fever and swine blue ear disease have been included in the compulsory vaccination program. The compulsory vaccination program has lead to the cre...eBay decision changes balance of power in patent disputes
...g infringement certainly does not promote judicial economy. Alternatively, the patent holder, having just emerged victorious, may now be forced into a compulsory license or covenant-not-to-sue, but the value of a patent is often considerably greater after it has traversed the litigation gauntlet. New strate...Abbott vs. Thailand has implications for innovation and access
...$1,700. Jan. 2007: Nevertheless, the government of Thailand institutes a compulsory drug license allowing generic versions of the drug to be sold even before p...on indicated in his article Shrugging diplomatic responsibility: Thailand compulsory licensing symptomatic of a greater problem, this issue involves more than j...