(AP) -- India effectively ended Bayer's monopoly on a patented cancer drug Monday, licensing a much cheaper generic under a unique law aimed at keeping costs affordable.
Mar 12, 2012
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(AP) -- Efforts by India and the European Union to strengthen trade are threatening India's ability to deliver lifesaving medicines to the world's poorest, analysts say as the two sides push through protracted negotiations ...
Feb 10, 2012
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Early detection of brain cancer has moved one step closer, through a breakthrough by cancer diagnostics firm and University of Strathclyde spinout company Dxcover.
Aug 10, 2021
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British American Tobacco on Thursday launched a High Court challenge against a law that will require plain packaging on cigarettes in Australia, claiming it infringes intellectual property rights.
Dec 1, 2011
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The emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is the "ultimate evidence" of the danger of unequal vaccination rates around the world, the head of the Red Cross said on Friday.
Dec 3, 2021
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Researchers at Michigan Medicine have found a novel method of measuring growth in the body's largest artery that may help clinicians to identify potentially fatal heart conditions earlier.
Feb 16, 2022
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Biotechnology industry officials are warning that a US Supreme Court ruling on patent rights this week could have a chilling effect on the development of personalized medicine.
Mar 21, 2012
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The World Trade Organisation has agreed to extend a waiver that allows poor countries to copy patented medicines. The waiver, which was due to expire in January 2016, has now been extended to 2033.
Nov 25, 2015
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India's patent appeals office has rejected Bayer AG's plea to stop the production of a cheaper generic version of a patented cancer drug in a ruling that health groups say is an important precedent for getting inexpensive ...
Mar 5, 2013
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While researchers are still in the early stages of development for new mRNA vaccines, global health leaders focused on the world's most neglected infectious diseases say that conversations about access should begin now.
May 11, 2022
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