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Richa Chintan
Make WHO-Recommended New COVID-19 Drugs Accessible, Affordable: MSF
15 Jan 2022
US pharma giant Eli Lilly has the patent for Baricitinib, which will affect its availability and accessibility.
Arun Mitra
Patent Rights on Medicines and Vaccines Must be Waived Off and Public Sector Pharma Companies Revived
06 Jun 2021
Patent rights on vaccines and medicines have to be waived off to save and promote global especially during such a pandemic, writes Dr. ARUN MITRA.
Sonali Kolhatkar
Why Big Pharma’s Arguments Against Patent Waivers Don’t Add Up
20 May 2021
While President Biden is backing the temporary lifting of COVID-19 vaccine patents, drugmakers are making dire predictions of stifled innovation and eroded public trust. What they really fear is…
Justice Prabha Sridevan
Patent and Patient Rights in COVID-19: Is the Right to Exclusivity a Hamlet Question?
09 Oct 2020
Today the judicial authority may be faced with balancing patent rights and patients’ rights or right to life.
Newsclick Report
More Than 75% Patents Filed in India Over 13 Years by Foreign Nationals and Companies
10 Sep 2020
Of the total 5.1 lakh applications, nearly 1.4 lakh patent applications were from the US alone. The country accounted for about 27% of all applications over the 13-year period.
Prabir Purkayastha
Break Gilead’s Patent Since US has Bought all Stock of Remdesivir
02 Jul 2020
Trump is trying to improve his waning electoral chances by reserving all of Gilead’s stock of Remdesivir to cover up his disastrous handling of the Covid-19 epidemic so far.
Bharat Dogra
A Lot Can Still be Done to Lessen COVID-19 Damage
06 Apr 2020
The pandemic and the resulting lockdown have come at a time when the rabi harvest is due in most parts of India.
Newsclick Report
India Has Fewer Researchers Than China and South Korea, Says Report
29 Nov 2019
According to the report, India is falling way behind other countries in terms of funds devoted to research and development.
Newsclick Production
Compulsory License for Medicines: Government Protecting the Interest of India or the US?
28 Mar 2016
In order to ensure that drug companies cannot play with the lives of patients (for instance by either stopping the sale of a drug or making it incredibly expensive) - the Indian Patents Act…
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India-US Joint Working Group on IPR
05 Nov 2014
21 October 2014