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    Intellectual property rights: ultimate control of agricultural R&D in Asia

    Genetic Engineering & Intellectual Property Rights Resource Center, 2001
    Discusses the pressure on Asian countries to adopt plant variety protection (PVP) systems based on Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants UPOV.
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    Implausible denial: why the drug giants' arguments on patents don't stack up

    Oxfam, 2001
    This paper sets out the counter-arguments to Oxfam’s demand that patent protection should take into account national economic and health circumstances, and explains why Oxfam believes they are unconvincing.Criticisms and recommendations:Whilst patents play an important role in generating incentives for research and development (R&D), the super-profits which patents generate are c
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    Reaching out for small-scale farmers

    Biotechnology and Development Monitor, 2000
    Themed edition of Monitor assessing aspects of biotechnology in development.
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    Bioinformatics and the developing world

    Biotechnology and Development Monitor, 1999
    Bioinformatics is the science of managing and analysing biological information, but the future use of this technology hinges on the availability of bioinformatics knowledge in the public domain.
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    Biodiversity for sale: dismantling the hype about benefit sharing

    GRAIN, 2000
    This briefing questions whether the world’s primary custodians of biodiversity, local communities and indigenous people, are getting a fair deal. It looks at the implications of the move towards ‘biotrade’ and discusses the validity of intellectual property rights as benefit sharing tools, or as tools to protect indigenous knowledge.
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    Meanings of sustainable agriculture: some issues for the South

    South Centre, 2000
    This publication explores the various dimensions of sustainable agriculture from the perspective of developing countries.
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    Drug pricing [in South Africa]

    Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2001
    Improving access to necessary drugs requires attention to all four component parts of the access equation – ensuring rational selection, providing sustainable financing and efficient systems to distribute and use the drugs and making sure that prices are affordable.However, comparing drugs’ prices across countries and health systems is not always easy.
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    Review of the TRIPS agreement

    Biotechnology and Development Monitor, 1998
    Themed issue of the Monitor, with chapters submitted by various authors.
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    Time to draw the line on IPRs

    GRAIN, 2001
    Edition of Seedling, GRAIN's quarterly publication.
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    Drug companies vs. Brazil: the threat to public health

    Oxfam, 2001
    The access of impoverished Brazilians to essential medicines, including those required for treatment of HIV/AIDS, is under threat.

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