Issue No. 259 (Mar 2012)
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COVER:
Generics under threat: Access to affordable medicines in jeopardy
Generics
under threat
Can India still supply cheap medicines for the world?
Some
recent developments are threatening to undermine India's role as the
pharmacy of the developing world.
By Martin
Khor
Why
generics?
The following piece seeks to dispel some common myths and
fallacies about generic medicines.
By Jayabalan Thambyappa
and Mohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali
An
unhealthy future for the Indian pharmaceutical industry?
What
are the challenges facing the Indian pharmaceutical industry and the
policy options open to the government to continue the production of
cheap generics?
By KM Gopakumar and MR
Santhosh
The
EU-India free trade agreement and access to medicines
The
free trade agreement which India is negotiating with the European Union
threatens to jettison some of the health safeguards in India's patent
legislation.
By Kajal Bhardwaj
‘Protect
our medicines, our health, our lives’
The
EU-India Summit in February touched off protests around the world against
the free trade agreement currently being negotiated between these parties.
By Ranja Sengupta
ACTA:
undemocratic, dangerous and wrong
Despite
strong protests by civil society activists, the Anti-Counterfeiting
Trade Agreement has already been signed by several EU members and a
number of other countries.
By Charlie Harvey
The
compulsory licence on sorafenib: A right step to ensure access to medicines
The
decision by the Indian Patent Office to grant a local company a compulsory
licence to produce a generic version of a patented anti-cancer drug
is a major step to ensure access to medicines.
By KM Gopakumar
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SPECIAL
FEATURE: FUKUSHIMA – ONE YEAR AFTER
The
dangerous myths of Fukushima
Despite
all the available evidence confirming that the Fukushima disaster was
a major nuclear accident, officials are still attempting to downplay
its health consequences.
By Joseph Mangano and
Janette Sherman
Japan's
remarkable renewable energy drive - after Fukushima
Since
the Fukushima disaster, Japan has taken some important strides in its
drive for alternatives to nuclear energy.
By Andrew DeWit
Going
nuclear? Malaysians voice concern over move
Moves
by the Malaysian authorities to embark on nuclear energy as an alternative
have touched off a debate in the country.
By
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz
ECONOMICS
Inching
towards a financial transaction tax
The
writer is optimistic that the move to curtail financial speculation
via a European financial transaction tax cannot be indefinitely delayed.
By Peter Wahl
WORLD AFFAIRS
The
fable of the century
In
the following satirical piece on the US presidential campaign, the target
is the Republican Party and its likely presidential candidate, Mitt
Romney.
By Robert B Reich
HUMAN RIGHTS
Bahrainis
demand more than cosmetic reforms
Thousands
of Bahrainis press on with a reinvigorated protest movement for genuine
reform.
By David
Elkins
WOMEN
Remembering
Domitila: Making Bolivian history
A
tribute to Domitila Barrios de Chungara, the long-time Bolivian social
activist, feminist and mine union leader.
By Emily
Achtenberg
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