For this Humanosphere podcast, we are talking to James (aka Jamie) Love, director of an organization that works for social…
So has India won the patent war with Big Pharma? Not really. As I wrote when the Novartis ruling came down, India won a battle but the war likely continues.
The Indian Supreme Court has rejected a drug patent application by the international pharmaceutical firm Novartis, an event that merited coverage by the New York Times, BBC and many other media – news which you might think is mostly a matter for the business page or drug industry insiders. In fact, the case may represent one of the most difficult dilemmas in global health. It is a fight that is far from over.
When folks talk about Nathan Myhrvold, they seldom use muted terms. The former chief technologist for Microsoft is a close…
A new global initiative launched this week in Geneva aimed at combating neglected diseases in poor countries by getting drug…