Word: genericism
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...much regulation could freeze Harvard Square into an outdated mold, but some regulation is necessary to stop it from turning into a generic Anytown, U.S.A...
...manufacturing copies of AIDS drugs and selling them at deeply discounted prices. The practice opens the door for other countries to follow suit by taking advantage of a legal loophole in global-trade rules called compulsory licensing. In effect, it lets countries breach patents during national emergencies to manufacture generic versions of AIDS drugs. So a virtually identical version of the antiretroviral combination cocktail that sells for $10,000 to $15,000 a year in the U.S. costs $3,000 in Brazil and less than $1,000 in India. And when Brazil decided to provide the generic drugs free...
...international AIDS conference held last July in Durban, South Africa, five major pharmaceuticals joined an "Accelerated Access" program to negotiate 60% to 80% reductions in AIDS-drug prices for poor nations. To stave off a wave of compulsory licensing around the globe, one company has said it will match generic prices where it can't block copycat production...
...these are generic skills. They're life skills almost," says electronics teacher Tony Russo...
Finally, we are unconvinced that Ashcroft would consistently serve the public interest. He has been dubbed "the senator from Claritin" by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his efforts to help the drug's producer, Schering-Plough, evade patent limitations and keep low-cost generic versions off of the market. Consumers would lose $11 billion from the extension and receive nothing in return; Ashcroft, on the other hand, received a $50,000 campaign donation...