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Myanmar ethnic tensions block aide

November 10, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Grant Peck The Associated Press BANGKOK, THAILAND (AP) — The European aid group Doctors Without Borders said Monday, Oct. 28 it has been prevented from providing essential medical services because of tensions between Buddhists and Muslims in western Myanmar.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, BANGKOK, Doctors Without Borders, HIV, Joe Belliveau, MSF, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Myanmar, Netherlands, Rakhine Buddhists, Rohingya Muslims, Vol 31 No 46 | November 10 - November 16

India licenses generic copy of patented Bayer cancer drug

March 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katy Daigle The Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India effectively ended Bayer’s monopoly on a patented cancer drug last Monday, licensing a much cheaper generic under a unique law aimed at keeping costs affordable. In a decision likely to upset Western pharmaceuticals, the patent office approved Natco Pharma Ltd.’s application to produce the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Bayer Corp, Berlin, European Union, HIV, Health Movement, India, Madineedi Adinarayana, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Natco Pharma Ltd, Patent Act, Supreme Court, Vol 31 No 12 | March 17 - March 23

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