Monthly Archives: September 2008

A change is patently needed, Australian Financial Review

Patents are a private property right designed to incentivise innovation. But the incentives that patents provide for pharmaceutical innovation have been undermined at the expense of research and development investment. Yesterday, Innovation Minister Kim Carr released the Cutler innovation review’s … Continue reading

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How to halt progress, The Pioneer (India)

More than a hundred countries met in Accra last week in negotiations for a new climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. Understandably, developing countries refused to sacrifice economic growth in order to cut emissions, so they … Continue reading

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