01May/14

IP policy WTO-compliant, won't support unilateral US probe: India – Indian Express


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IP policy WTO-compliant, won’t support unilateral US probe: India
Indian Express
The issue has gained momentum ever since the Supreme Court in 2012 upheld the first compulsory licence given to domestic drugmaker Natco Pharma Ltd on a kidney and liver cancer drug, Nexavar, patented by Germany’s Bayer AG. This allowed a generic …
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01May/14

Baboons with pig hearts pave way for human transplants – New Scientist

Baboons with pig hearts pave way for human transplants
New Scientist
Despite this, the potential for using animal organs in humans – xenotransplantation – remains attractive because the supply is theoretically limitless, and could supply organs of any size. However, the technology has taken decades to get off the ground
Pig hearts could be transplanted into humans after baboon successNext Big Future

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