New diet regime for calves

New Genesis

The mapping of human genes opens up new frontiers and also gives rise to fresh fears

Cry neem

There is more to neem than fighting a patent

News snippets

Electric cattle

Bullock-powered pump to tide over farmersÔÇÖ electricity woes

Targeting the Third World's-Yulnerability

BRAZIL

Jumping the gun

The bill fails to utilise obvious relief routes offered by TRIPS

Hong Kong: a beginning?

In making TRIPS responsive to needs of poor countries?

Patent folly

New amendment threatens to kill cheap, generic drugs

In Court

Kill pill

AMAZON

Stranglehold tightens

A palliative gesture

BYTES

Proposed IPR law raises concerns

Ranbaxy settles patent row out of court

"Farmers' wisdom must be on paper in era of patents"

Scientists' interest v the public's

Meeting in vain

The fifth conference on biological diversity held recently in Nairobi ended on a flat note

PATENT TROUBLES

Double standards

The US government procures generic drugs for anthrax from a non-patent holder

Sans safeguards?

The newly amended patents bill is replete with loopholes

Unity in diversity