Healthcare

Pharma’s expensive gaming of the drug patent system is successfully countered by the Medicines Patent Pool, which increases global access and rewards innovation

Biomedical innovation reached a new era during the COVID-19 pandemic as drug development went into overdrive. But the ways that brand companies license their patented drugs grant them market monopoly, preventing other entities from making generics so they can exclusively …

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Poor air quality is the single largest environmental health risk factor responsible for many diseases

Every year, India experiences hazardous air quality around this time. The two main contributors are the burning of firecrackers on Diwali and the infamous stubble fires. Despite the prohibition, Delhi’s air quality, in particular, fell into the extremely bad category …

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