The head of the World Trade Organisation says it would be a mistake for countries struggling with a surge in Chinese textile exports to throw up protectionist walls right away, just as Europe and the

The World Bank, having fallen short on past pledges to fight malaria, is launching an initiative it hopes will make a big dent in a disease that kills 1.1 million people a year, most of them in

The Marlboro man is growing to China. Altria Group Inc., parent of Phillip Morris, is close to signing a deal with with the Chinese government allowing Marlboro to be manufactured and sold in China,

Australian and Japan already have much in common. They are advanced democracies surrounded by countries at different stages of their political and economic development. They are also both staunch

Monsanto Co., long accused of unfair marketing tactics by some farmers and competitors, said it received a broad subpoena from Illinois officials seeking information about the pricing and licensing

AIDS is no longer an unavoidable death sentence in most of the world. Even in much of Africa, billions of dollars in international aid has made it a chronic, controllable disease for a small but

A 21- year old HIV-positive woman has contracted bird flu in the first such a case in Vietnam, a health, a health official said. Nguyen Hong Hanh, deputry director of Quang Ninth province general

Sanofi-Aventis SA plans to launch a cheap and easy-to-use malaria drug that could help reduce the number of deaths caused by the disease, especially in Africa. The French drug maker said it intends

In Netac Technology Co.'s modest offices, Chief Executive Frank Deng keeps a copy of a U.S. issued patent awarded to his company in his desk drawer. Closely held Netac is one among many technology

To hear NGOs and the BBC tell it, by finally passing a law that bars domestic companies from copying patented drugs, India's heartless parliament will make it impossible for medications to reach the