According to the N.Y. Times, health insurer Wellpoint is testing a new program that permits those insured to go to India for elective surgery, with no out-of-pocket medical costs and free travel for both the patient and a companion. The pilot program arranges for patients to be picked up at the airport and provides special [...]
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Lawmakers in the Papua province of Indonesia support upcoming legislation that requires “sexually aggressive” HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with microchips in order to identify, track and ultimately punish those who deliberately infect others with up to six months in jail or a $5,000 fine.
The proposed legislation has received full support from the provincial parliament [...]
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Rethinking Trips: Adequate Remuneration for Non-Voluntary Patent Licensing
Antony Taubman
Australian National University – ANU College of Law
Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 11, Issue 4, pp. 927-970, 2008
Abstract:
Driven by concerns about access to medicines, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Declaration on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and [...]
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