22 Feb
2005
22 Feb
'05
9:14 a.m.
On Monday 21 Feb 2005 3:38 pm, Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote:
Shouldn't we be joining such initiatives? FN
Yes, we should. Drug patenting is more dangerous than software patents.
Nagarjuna
Vidyadhar Gadgil reminds us of a protest in Panjim to mark
Anti-Patents Day
for Drugs. The Indian Patent (Amendment) Bill is likely to be passed
in the
Parliament in March 2005. However, it is seen as draconian, since it
would
cause prices of essential medicines to go out of reach of common
man.