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Indian Scientists Refuse To Patent Tuberculosis Genome, Encourage Anyone To Make The Drugs
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| So it's nice to see that even now that India
| does allow patents on pharma (and, as we
| noted in the original story, Indian patent
| laws have been abused by foreign pharma
| firms in order to jack up prices on commonly
| used medicines), some Indian scientists have
| mapped out the tuberculosis genome, which
| should help creating new drugs that can help
| respond to that disease.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100412/0118378969.shtml
Indian scientists decode TB bacteria genome
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| Scientists said that though 1.7 million
| people die of TB every year globally, there
| has not been any new drug discovery for last
| the four to five decades.
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| "OSDD is a completely new formula across the
| world. Here we are making all our progress
| available to public. Anyone can take
| advantage and develop a drug based on our
| research. The aim here is not patents but
| drug discovery for a neglected disease,"
| said Rajesh Gokhle, a senior scientist
| associated with the project.
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http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-decodes-tb-bacteria-paves-way-for-new-drug/113120-17.html?from=tn
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