GMO

Drug Makers Hope To Profit From WTO Decision On Medications

Drug Week | October 31, 2003 Inside a laboratory in Brazil's coffee-growing region, scientists painstakingly replicate brand name drugs and oversee mass production of cheap copies to treat ailments ranging from Parkinson disease to AIDS.

Canadian Government Looking To Ease Drug Restrictions

AIDS Weekly | October 20, 2003 Canada is studying ways to allow its generic drug manufacturers to supply poor countries with cheap copies of patented drugs, as permitted under a new World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement.

Gates Foundation Pledges $ 25-m For `New Agri Tech""

Financial Express | By Ashok B Sharma | October 12, 2003 The US-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has decided to render an assistance of $25 million for combating malnutritional problems in the developing countries, including India. This assistance will also include programmes for improving the nutritional quality of staple food through `new agricultural technology.'

UN Steps Up Action On Traditional Knowledge

The Lancet | By Clare Kapp | October 11, 2003 In a delicate balancing act between developing and industrialised countries, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has agreed to intensify efforts to protect traditional knowledge and genetic resources, but stopped short of committing to a full international treaty.

WTO Panel Delays Decision On Cheap Drugs For Poor Countries

Biotech Week | September 24, 2003 The World Trade Organization has delayed a decision on a measure giving poor nations access to inexpensive generic drugs, a move that would improve their ability to fight such diseases as AIDS and malaria.

Biological Globalisation Needs to be Checked

NRC Handelsblad | By Wouter van der Weijden | September 7, 2003

US Launches WTO Fight Over European "Ban" on Bio-Foods

Agence France Presse | August 7, 2003 The United States said Thursday it would launch a formal World Trade Organization challenge to a European block on bio-engineered foods. US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said they would fight the European Union by asking the WTO to set up a dispute settlement panel.

Italian Daily Lauds Vatikan""s "Opening Up" on GMOS

BBC Monitoring | August 5, 2003

EU Offically Adopts New Rules on GM Food Labelling

Agence France Presse | July 22, 2003 European Agriculture ministers on Tuesday officially adopted new rules on the labelling of genetically modified (GM) food products, European Union sources said. The decision opens the way for the EU to lift its ban on GM products, which has been in place since 1999.