Posted on June 24, 2008 by Dr. D. Wayne Taylor
Everyone is upset about the price of gasoline at the pumps. Yet I keep reminding myself that there must be some oil stocks in my pension funds so it can’t be all bad – can it?
I heard a very interesting talk the other day about speculation in the oil industry. Speculators are driving up the [...]
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Posted on June 20, 2008 by Patients and Patents
After all the talk, all the negotiations late into the night, all the lobbying and the mud slinging, what actually happened to the IGWG at the end of the 61st World Health Assembly – and what does it mean for patients around the world?
According to the WHO web site, the “Global Strategy on public health, [...]
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Generic drugs cost more in Canada
Efforts by generic manufacturers to undermine intellectual property rights are not limited to developing countries. The following article highlights how generic drug makers are excessively profiting on the backs of Canadian consumers and private and government run drug plan payers.
Generic drug manufacturers are spreading misinformation about amendments to patent regulations in order to draw attention [...]
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