Leading Pakistan economists doubtful over country's 3.94 per cent GDP rateIn April, the federal cabinet approved the medium-term budget strategy paper and shared it with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In t...
Vaccinating billions means finding ways around a patent impasseA patent gives a drugmaker exclusive rights to manufacture a vaccine it developed, also providing it the power to charge a price that cover...
Inoculating the world may mean reviving old curbs on patentsGovernments around the world are reviving rarely used laws to ensure that they have the drugs.
Government's patent grant to Gilead challenged in Delhi High CourtGilead has claimed existing public knowledge as its own and its patent on sofosbuvir, the base compound in its HepC drug Sovaldi, is "unmer...
Gilead’s $1,000 pill gets patent in IndiaGilead's patent application was first rejected - just before President Obama's visit in 2015 January - which was seen to be upsetting the U...
- Lahore High Court acquits four death row convicts
At least 19 people were killed and 35 others injured in the suicide attack at Shah-i-Najaf Imambargah in Rawalpindi in 2002.
US group seeks to block Gilead drug patent in India"India's patent law doesn't give monopolies for old science or for compounds already in the public domain," Tahir Amin, director of I-MAK s...
Nawaz Sharif retains Pakistan's foreign affairs portfolioSartaj Aziz will play a crucial role as his advisor in charting a way forward on issues like relations with India and the US.
Only 3% of patents filed by MNC pharma firms under dispute: StudyPatent experts say few drugmakers are challenging frivolous drug patents and the Indian patent office is actually liberal in granting paten...
Qadri-Pakistan govt talks over, cleric to end protestsAfter talks with govt and representatives of political parties, Qadri told his supporters that the two sides had finalized an "Islamabad Lo...
- Abbott patent application for HIV drug spurned
Besides I-MAK, a few local HIV drug makers such as Cipla and US-based Mylan-owned Matrix Laboratories had also opposed Abbott's attempt to ...
- India rejects Abbot lab's patent application for HIV drug
India has rejected a drug patent application of a US multi-national pharma company, paving way for easy access to an important life-saving ...
- India, Pakistan to open Kashmir trade
Rivals India and Pakistan are due to start trading Tuesday between their divided zones of Kashmir, raising hopes that the revolt-hit region...