Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

India gets equity back on agenda for Durban round

Back On Climate Talks After Being Ignored At Cancun Meet
New Delhi: India has got the issue of

Publication Date:

21/06/2011

Tags:

Climate Change, Climate Equity, India, Global, Climate Agreements, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), COP 16 (Cancun Summit)

Health

Medicines for All, the pharma industry and the Indian state

When we consider that expenditure on medicines in India accounts for 50% to 80% of treatment costs, India’s pharmaceutical success has clearly not translated into availability or affordability of medicines for all. As part of Universal Access to Healthcare, good quality healthcare should be accessible, affordable, and available to all in need.

Publication Date:

11/06/2011

Author(s): S Srinivasan

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

46

Issue:

24

pp:

43

Tags:

Drugs, India, Drug Industry, Health For All, Health Care, Health Policy, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), China, Tamil Nadu, Chittaurgarh (D), Nagaur (D), Biotechnology, Health

Health

Trade in health services implications for people's health

The neo-liberal transformation of global economy has brought in a new trade regime replacing GATT 1947 with incorporation of services and intellectual property in the products to be exchanged and WTO as its powerful regulator. Health being one of the services has become tradable for the first time. India has chosen to engage in health trade substantially to drive economic benefits from medical tourism, export of pharmaceuticals and manpower, and to carry out contract clinical trials.

Publication Date:

01/06/2011

Author(s): K.B. Saxena

Source: Social Change

Vol:

41

Issue:

2

pp:

183-213

Tags:

Health Care, Trade, Drugs, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), WTO, India, Globalisation, Medical Research, Public Sector, Private Sector

Health

Tobacco packaging regulation: An international assessment of the intended and unintended consequences

An international Deloitte report, commissioned by British American Tobacco, reveals that increasing the size of health warnings on packs and introducing graphic warnings has not directly reduced tobacco consumption – and calls into question whether plain packaging will achieve government health objectives.

Publication Date:

04/05/2011

Source: Deloitte

Tags:

Tobacco, Health Effects, Advertising, Information, Legislation, Health Policy, Trademarks, Illegal Trade, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), India, Global, Health

Agriculture

A new patron for biotech industry

The Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push agri research.

Why would a company with a turnover of Rs 9,712 crore and profits of Rs 933 crore want a research loan of less than Rs 10 crore from the government? Ask the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), which has become venture capitalist to the well-heeled industry.

Publication Date:

26/04/2011

Author(s): Latha Jishnu, Jyotika Sood

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Biotechnology Industry, Biotechnology, India, Agriculture, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Agro-Based Industry, CSE

Economy

PM panel to review India-EU free trade pact on Wednesday

Ahead of crucial talks on India-EU free trade agreement in Brussels, the Prime Minister

Publication Date:

05/04/2011

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Trade, India, European Union (EU), Economy, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

Health

WTO, WIPO and WHO examine role of patent information in access to medicines

The information in patent documents and applications can play an important role in improving access to

Publication Date:

02/03/2011

Source: Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest

Vol:

15

Issue:

7

pp:

0

Tags:

Health, WHO, WTO, World Intellectual Property Organization ('WIPO), Patents, Information, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Developing Countries, Drugs, Research

Climate Change

Post-Cancun, BASIC nations say time to tackle ticklish issues

With the Cancun conference having achieved a major success in bringing the troubled climate negotiations back on track, four major developing economies

Publication Date:

28/02/2011

Author(s): Amitabh Sinha

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Climate Agreements, Climate Change, India, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Kyoto Protocol

Climate Change

Emissions BASIC meet ends on `new policy' note

he sixth BASIC Feb. 27: The sixth BASIC ministerial meet on climate change saw consensus on the need to develop a new political strategy to ensure nations agree to a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol in order to achieve a global peaking of emissions.

Publication Date:

28/02/2011

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Climate Agreements, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

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