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THIRD WORLD RESURGENCE

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

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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