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05th May 2010

Drug Patents in India Helping Promote Innovation

Emotion tends to override facts when it comes to patents and patients' concerns. Consider the fears stoked when India joined the World Trade Organization in 1995. Many feared drug prices could rise, access to medicines could be reduced and many Indian pha...

12th January 2010

Avatar Breaks Opening Day Records in China and India

U.S. science fiction hit "Avatar" broke records in China and India where it posted the highest box office returns for a Hollywood film on opening day. The James Cameron film broke records in India when it earned US$1.4 million on opening day; the highe...

13th October 2009

Why China Won't Start Trade War Over Tariffs

Hot on the heels of President Barack Obama's announcement that the US would place tariffs on 35 percent of the automobile tires imported from China, the Chinese have cried foul to World Trade Organization, claiming the tariffs are "abusive." Is ...

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