Covid Vaccine IP: How Big Pharma lobbied against India

Communications between the USTR and the world's most powerful pharmaceutical and trade lobbying groups reveal that many raised concerns about India's push to exempt Covid vaccines from intellectual......

Before China sends cheap lethal drones over the border

What if cheap, off-the-shelf drones were modified, armed and operationalised? That could be the future of aerial warfare, as Beijing recently demonstrated. What must India do now? Mathew......

British soldiers get behind the camera

From the dust and dirt of a warzone to the gleaming uniforms of an army parade -- these are the images that show the reality of life for British servicemen and women. The revealing series of......

How successful were surgical strikes?

The strategic success of the surgical strikes has not matched their brilliant tactical achievement, says Shekhar Gupta. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Here are two sets of evidence as we......

Novartis ruling to impact innovation: US biz groups

Business groups in the US have sharply criticised the Supreme Court of India judgment against Swiss drugmaker Novartis in denying patent protection to the company’s anti-cancer drug......

US disapproves Customs seizure of generics

Washington-based Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the representative body of US-based drug firms, has said it does not support the seizure of legitimate generic......

Drug firms may stop freebies to doctors

Pharmaceutical companies in the country offering any financial incentive to doctors to prescribe particular drugs may become a thing of the past if the drug manufacturers decide to follow the......

India no IPR pariah: US drug lobby report

Amidst threats of Big Pharma relocating its R&D from India due to inadequate intellectual property rights protection, data available with the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America,......