Apothecurry welcomes back guest columnist Dr Kristina Lybecker. Her latest column is an elegantly simple "where the rubber hits the road" exposition of the recent rejection of patents on US biopharma company Gilead's Hepatitis C drug Sovaldi in India. Coincidentally, Gilead's European patent on Sovaldi was challenged yesterday by charity Medicins du Monde marking yet … Continue reading India and drug #patents : The Ghost of #Glivec haunts #Sovaldi
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What does Glivec ruling imply for generics? My piece in Sunday ET
In case some of you were waiting for Apothecury's take on the Glivec judgement, I was waiting for this piece that I did for the Sunday Economic Times to be published. In a nutshell, in the article I explain why, as far as India's generics industry is concerned, the Glivec outcome is not really a … Continue reading What does Glivec ruling imply for generics? My piece in Sunday ET
Beyond Glivec : Balancing innovation and public health
I'd like to introduce a guest column by Dr Kristina Lybecker, Associate Professor of Economics at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. Kristina is an economist with a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. She specialises in innovation and intellectual property rights and has been writing on these issues for 12 years. She is … Continue reading Beyond Glivec : Balancing innovation and public health
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