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Exemplary prowess?
1 March 2024 3:50 PM GMTMaking universities the hub of innovation and churning out scientists adept in frontier technology has put China at the top in terms of technological...
Potency of jugaad
20 Feb 2024 4:17 AM GMTFrugal innovation is the new concept that companies are adopting to take technology to developing countries
Copyrighted legacy?
13 Feb 2024 4:20 PM GMTMahatma Gandhi’s works have been available freely thanks to his copyright philosophy, but not those of Martin Luther King Jr
A squalid history
16 Jan 2024 1:50 PM GMTBringing medicines into the global intellectual property regime was a triumph of corporate skulduggery led by Pfizer
A lost cause?
9 Jan 2024 1:42 PM GMTDilution of biological conservation rules and lax enforcement of forest laws are giving free rein to the drug industry and trade
‘Lethal’ changes
31 Oct 2023 12:50 PM GMTThe proposed amendments to India’s patent laws are a capitulation to Big Pharma and will undermine vital public health safeguards in the law
Pair of perils
24 Oct 2023 12:02 PM GMTWhile a few generic giants, including one from Israel, are found guilty of fuelling fatal opioid crisis in the US, the US-backed “genocide” targeting...
Turning back the pages
11 April 2023 1:17 PM GMTThe 2013 landmark Supreme Court judgement of 'Novartis v Union of India' offers critical lessons on the intent behind crucial aspects of India’s key...
Spurious endeavour
6 April 2023 1:09 PM GMTThe move to foist a GI tag on Mandu’s baobab tree is part of a drive to push up the GI tally which does not benefit local communities
Trade lessons from 'Cuetlaxochitl'
24 Dec 2022 3:19 PM GMTThe story of poinsettia, a flower with showy-red bracts used for Christmas decorations in America since the 16th century, is a classic example of...
Where do we stand?
13 Oct 2022 10:33 AM GMTPolicy blocks and poor vision have held up 5G in India, while China’s breakthroughs are helping to set global standards
A lethal lapse
29 Sep 2022 3:58 PM GMTCancer and tuberculosis patients have been urging a reluctant government to use compulsory licences to make life-saving drugs accessible