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		<title>Why MNC Pharma Still Moans Over Indian IP Ecosystem?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 00:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Improving patient access to expensive drugs, paving the way for entry of their cheaper generic equivalents, post patent expiry, and avoiding evergreening, is assuming priority a priority focus area in many countries. The United States is no exception, in this &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/why-mnc-pharma-still-moans-over-indian-ip-ecosystem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>At The Indian IPR Front: ‘Ground Control, There’s No Major Storm’</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2016 00:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The incessant pressure of the developing countries on India, from 2005 to date, to include various restrictive conditions in the Indian Patents Act 2005, still continue. This demand spans across the inclusion of even those provisions, which many experts term &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/at-the-indian-ipr-front-ground-control-theres-no-major-storm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Curious Imbroglio: Innovation, IPR, India and ‘Uncle Sam’</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2015 00:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the “2015 Special 301 Report”, which is its annual review of the global state of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection and enforcement. While looking through the Kaleidoscope of &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/the-curious-imbroglio-innovation-ipr-india-and-uncle-sam/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New “National IPR Policy” of India – A Pharma Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether under pressure or not, is hardly of any relevance now. What is relevant today is the fact that the new Indian Government, almost in a record time of just around two months, has been able to release a high &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/new-national-ipr-policy-of-india-a-pharma-perspective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Unilateral American Action on Agreed Bilateral Issues: Would India Remain Unfazed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I discussed in one of my earlier blog posts titled “Has Prime Minister Modi Conceded Ground To America On Patents Over Patients?” of October 6, 2014 that on April 30, 2014, the United States in its report on annual review &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/unilateral-american-action-on-agreed-bilateral-issues-would-india-remain-unfazed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Has Prime Minister Modi Conceded Ground To America On Patents Over Patients?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2014 00:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unprecedented high profile engagement of the Indian Prime Minister with various interested groups during his recent visit to the United States under equally unprecedented media glare, has invited overwhelmingly more kudos than brickbats, from across the world. However, in the &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/has-prime-minister-modi-conceded-ground-to-america-on-patents-over-patients/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Big Pharma: Now A ‘Chink in Its Armor’?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2014 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emerging trends bring to the fore a possible ‘Chink in the Armor’ of the ‘Big Pharma’, despite a number of recent belligerent moves. One such move I had deliberated in my earlier blog post. There I mentioned that 2014 report &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/big-pharma-now-a-chink-in-its-armour/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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