News Link n. 24

The news links are part of the research project GESPAM (Geopolitica, Salute Pubblica e Accesso alle Medicine/Geopolitics, Public Health and Access to Medicines), which aims to focus on the best options for the use of trade and government rules related to public health by resource-limited countries.

 

 

News Link 24

EU Health Cooperation: Room For Improvement http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=24380&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

What Obama’s re-election means for US foreign aid  http://www.devex.com/en/news/79692/print

‘Foreign assistance will remain a key portion of the president’s agenda’  http://www.devex.com/en/news/79694/print  

Policies that encourage innovation in middle-income countries http://www.ifpma.org/fileadmin/content/Publication/2012/CRA_Policies_that_encourage_innovation_in_middle-income_countries_Web.pdf

Health leaders gather at IFPMA Assembly to discuss role of innovation in improving health around the world http://www.ifpma.org/fileadmin/content/News/2012/IFPMA_News_Release_26th__Assembly_31Oct2012.pdf

Britain to slash its 280-million-pound India aid by half  http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-05/uk/34926382_1_overseas-aid-international-aid-indian-government

SOUTH AFRICA: Easy patents cost patients  http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96712/SOUTH-AFRICA-Easy-patents-cost-patients

Haiti Flails in Sandy’s Wake  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204349404578099132692727720.html

UN health agency warns of threat from rising anti-malarial drug resistance in Asia-Pacific region http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43407&Cr=Malaria&Cr1=%23.UJenF4U5iRQ#.UJu4psX8Lid

HEALTH: The trouble with “affordable” anti-malarials  http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96705/HEALTH-The-trouble-with-affordable-anti-malarials

World Bank Group’s New Strategy Supports Greener and More Inclusive Growth in China  http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/2012/11/06/world-bank-group-new-strategy-supports-greener-more-inclusive-growth-china

World Bank: mapping for results http://maps.worldbank.org/

Study Shows Drug Patents Can Be Extended For Decades http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=24574&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Resource Tracking: U.S. & EU HIV/AIDS Philanthropic Funding http://www.fcaaids.org/OurWork/ResourceTracking/tabid/188/Default.aspx

Technical Meeting Advances Ideas For WHO-Led R&D Financing Framework http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=24519&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

India’s Publishes Draft Guidelines For Patenting Of TK and Biological Material http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=24508&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Landmark India IP Board Decision Against Hepatitis C Drug Patent http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=24343&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts