Philip Stevens, Executive Director, Geneva Network. The European Parliament in April voted through a proposal that will allow generic companies to manufacture and export outside the EU copies of medicines that are still essentially patent protected in Europe. This vote around what’s known as the Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) Export Waiver may […]
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Are we already losing the wars of tomorrow?
By Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor A depressing thought, given the nagging worry that we may well be losing the wars of today, from the Middle East and the never-ending War on Terror to the turmoil in Venezuela. From Hobbes to Weber, we’ve been taught that the State retains the […]
China Chastened? Cha Right!
In recent weeks the Middle Kingdom has suffered some mild diplomatic setbacks in its Belt and Road Initiative as well as its efforts to resolve the drawn out trade war with America. But all the evidence, including China’s own long history, suggests these reversals are simply temporary delays; if anything the controversies will simply […]
Zelensky must tackle corruption (no joke)
By Christina Pushaw, TES Contributor With Vladimir Zelensky’s landslide win in Ukraine’s presidential runoff on April 22, Ukraine appears more united than ever. The political newcomer, who plays a fictional president in a popular TV series, beat incumbent Petro Poroshenko — among voters of every age group and all but one […]
NO FRACKING WAY: “De facto ban” on UK shale gas
Part of the marvelous power of the state is its ability to stop things it doesn’t like in the absence of any formal directive, a magical power is known as bureaucracy. The UK has a fine example in its domestic shale gas industry, or rather lack of one: although legal on paper, the development of […]
Protect IP or give up miracle cures yet uninvented
In a piece for the Morning Consult, Philip Thompson of the Property Rights Alliance highlights the importance of intellectual property in powering innovation, especially in key categories like medicine: Ja’Ceon Golden, a “bubble boy” cured with healthy genes delivered via a “hijacked” (and otherwise harmless) HIV virus, is a poster boy for medical innovation. […]
Extinction Rebellion, Or, The Impotence of Being Earnest
Extinction Rebellion, Or, The Impotence of Being Earnest Sensible sounding folk can still fall prey to group think By Richard Tren, TES Contributor There is something utterly delightful about a warm spring day in England, perhaps because they are so rare. With the blossoms out and the sun shining, the […]
“Zero Emissions” before 2050 and “Declare Capitalism Dead”: Climate demands as sensible as ever
by Vanora Bennett, TES Contributor Climate change attracts two kinds of opinion, it would seem: reasonable and other. In the first category, Gillian Tett argues in the Financial Times that central banks are slowly recognizing that global warming is a financial stability risk. End-March San Francisco Federal Reserve board’s economics letter argues […]
DELINKAGE: CAN PRIZES REPLACE PATENTS FOR MEDICINE INNOVATION?
By Philip Stevens, Executive Director, Geneva Network Republished with permission of the Geneva Network. Original available here. The patent-based system of drug development comes under further pressure from key countries aiming to increase access to medicines at a joint World Health Organization and Government of India meeting in New Delhi this week. […]
Knowledge Economy Must Be At The Heart Of WTO’s Reform Agenda
Knowledge Economy Must Be At The Heart Of WTO’s Reform Agenda By Philip Stevens, Executive Director, the Geneva Network Republished with permission of the Geneva Network. Original available here. Trade tensions between the US and China continue to escalate and the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the global forum of […]