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...much regulation could freeze Harvard Square into an outdated mold, but some regulation is necessary to stop it from turning into a generic Anytown, U.S.A...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Protecting, Not Petrifying, Harvard Square | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paying for AIDS Cocktails | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paying for AIDS Cocktails | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...these are generic skills. They're life skills almost," says electronics teacher Tony Russo...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Falling Into Disrepair | 1/10/2001 | See Source »

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...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Mixed Bush Cabinet | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

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