Another Missed Opportunity to Reform Compulsory Licensing and Crown Use in Australia

Compulsory Licensing and Access to Medicine in Developing Countries

Compulsory licensing in Canada and Thailand: comparing regimes to ensure legitimate use of the WTO rules.

This paper examines two recent examples of compulsory licensing legislation: one globally embraced regime and one internationally controversial regime operating under the same WTO rules. In particular, we consider Canadian legislation and the use of compulsory licensing for HIV/AIDS drugs destined for a developing country. This is then contrasted with the conditions under which Thai authorities...

FOV1101 Licensing opportunity

Therapeutic Area: Ophthalmology Inflammatory diseases of the ocular surface, including allergic conjunctivitis (AC) Mechanism of action: Anti-inflammatory and immuno-modulator Planned indication: Treatment of signs and symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis Patent protection: License from Zalicus, Patents expire in November 2026 (without patent extension) US: patented EU: patent pending Route of a...

Technology Licensing Opportunity

River restoration is an increasing practice in terms of number of projects and investment and it will be a challenge in next decades while the Water Framework Directive is being implemented (2000/60/EC). Therefore, it is essential the assumption of some principles as minimum requirements in order to achieve success. We have developed a methodology focused on the evaluation of those projects in ...

Tuberculosis--a missed opportunity?

The recent publicity surrounding tuberculosis (TB) in both the medical and the lay press, particularly in reference to a number of outbreaks of the disease in British schools, is a timely reminder of a 'forgotten' disease that has never really gone away. Following a marked decrease in notification rates in developed counties in the 1960s and 1970s, TB control and treatment programmes were downg...