Drug Industry

Ethically sound

She put the rights of the tribe she was studying above her research. In 1997, ethnobotanist Kelly Bannister found that Skeetchestn, a tribe near British Columbia in Western Canada, wanted some more

Publication Date:

30/07/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Canada, Tribals, Traditional Knowledge, Drug Industry, Research

Air Pollution

Taken to task

US to indict biotech company for misleading investors

Publication Date:

30/07/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Cancer, Medical Research, Drug Industry, Biotechnology, Governance, United States Of America (US)

India

Drugged

When market forces determine drugs development, neglected diseases take a back seat

Publication Date:

30/07/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020731

pp:

0

Tags:

Medical Research, Drugs, Drug Industry, Infectious Diseases, India, Developing Countries

Industry

For children s sake

Public pressure forces US agency to reconsider proposed move to suspend paediatric drug testing rule

Publication Date:

14/07/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Children, Health Care, Drug Industry, Research, Legislation, United States Of America (US)

India

Jumping the gun

The bill fails to utilise obvious relief routes offered by TRIPS

Publication Date:

14/06/2002

Author(s): Dinesh

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020615

pp:

0

Tags:

Drugs, Drug Industry, Patents, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Legislation, Government Of India (GOI), India

India

A fine balance

The bill keeps national interests intact and remains TRIPS compliant

Publication Date:

14/06/2002

Author(s): Gopakumar

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020615

pp:

0

Tags:

WTO, Drugs, Drug Industry, Patents, Legislation, India

India

Sans safeguards?

The newly amended patents bill is replete with loopholes

Publication Date:

14/06/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

WTO, Drugs, Drug Industry, Patents, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Legislation, Parliament, Government Of India (GOI)

Fisheries

Biotech blues

It is a bad time for biotechnology firms. Since the start of 2002, biotech stocks have gone down and as a consequence, biotech funds have dipped too. The American Stock Exchange Biotech

Publication Date:

14/06/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Drugs, Drug Industry, Biotechnology, United States Of America (US)

India

The Patents Second Amendment Bill has found favour with both Houses of Parliament. With the Lok Sabha s approval on May 13, debate on the bill has assumed mammoth proportions. Has the government fallen in with World Trade Organisation diktat, or has it

Publication Date:

14/06/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020615

pp:

0

Tags:

Trade, Drugs, Drug Industry, Imports, Research, Patents, Legislation, Governance, Parliament, Government Of India (GOI), India

Energy