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...Padgett, and his cousin Pete, who wears traditional tattoos, agree. "Maori are a proud people, and I'm proud to be Maori," says Padgett. "But I believe Maori can do whatever they want to do if they choose to do it. They don't need to be on the dole or single parent's benefit or joining gangs as a crutch. Maori need to take a look at themselves. What Brash is saying is a wake-up call...
Although the landscape gives the President a big advantage so far, Kerry is not in the weak position that Bob Dole inhabited in the 1996 race--a putative nominee without resources or the wherewithal to get any. Like Bush, Kerry has opted out of the federal financing system, and as a result he will be the first Democratic nominee in recent history to emerge from the primaries with the ability to raise and spend money without restriction before the convention. Had he abided by the federal finance rules, Kerry would have already hit his limits and would not have been...
...Congress passed the Bayh-Dole Act, allowing inventors to retain ownership of drugs developed with the help of federal grants. The promise of profits, it was hoped, would spur companies and universities to bring these inventions to market; economic incentives would be harnessed in the service of the public welfare...
...Bayh-Dole also granted the government so-called “march-in rights,” empowering it to circumvent privately held patents if a drug were not made “available to the public on reasonable terms” or if “necessary to alleviate health or safety needs.” On Jan. 29, Essential Medicines petitioned Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson to exercise these rights for the first time and allow for competitive production of Xalatan and Norvir–two blockbuster drugs that are scandalously overpriced...
...pair of march-in cases as the government is likely ever to face. If Secretary Thompson fails to act, he will not only ensure that Norvir and Xalatan remain inaccessible for many American consumers; he will set a damning precedent for years to come. The Bayh-Dole Act established private ownership of federally supported inventions as a means to better serve the public welfare. But government inaction would turn that calculus on its head, instantiating corporate profits as ends in themselves...