A pre-emptive strike against Monsanto

American organic farmers are trying to ensure the biotech giant cannot sue them

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The curious case of Ebola patents

The US government appears to have a cure and (almost) a vaccine for the deadly disease

Drug patents

Fruitful deliberations

Two global meetings chart a course for weeding out biopiracy

MAHYCO refuses to share safety data on GM crops

Say cheese to Brussels

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ICAR chases patents for pickle

The National Research Centre on Meat has odd ideas on what can be patented

Norway asks Novartis to withdraw its patent case against India

Public health over profits

Can green mean free?

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In Court

Letters

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These lethal changes in India’s patent rules

The proposed amendments are a capitulation to Big Pharma and will undermine vital public health safeguards in the law

Basic Instinct

In a simultaneous press release issued on Monday, 26 June 2000, the Human Genome Project, an international government-funded project, and Celera …

Fatal resistance

The strong and mighty bacteria are all around us. They have hardened themselves to fight back the antibiotics administered to patients. This is …

Fake science, shady journals

India is way behind in the patents it files, the reason being that much of its science is of dubious quality

Gilead granted patent for hepatitis C drug Solvadi

The move is being seen as a possible impact of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to the US next month