Patent v/s Patient ABSTRACT: Compulsory licenses are involuntary contracts between willing buyer and unwilling seller imposed or enforced by the state. A compulsory license is a legal instrument designed to force intellectual property owners to license out their statutorily granted right to interested third parties capable of manufacturing the patented product at cheaper prices. Countries such as Brazil‚ Thailand and India have used the policy to procure life-saving drugs for millions of patients. However
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The HP-Cisco Alliance In early 1997‚ the first HP-Cisco alliance was first formed. HP was Cisco’s first publicly announced strategic alliance partner. The agreement between the two companies focused on technology collaboration‚ product integration‚ professional services‚ and customer support. The first contract lasted until February of 2002‚ when both HP and Cisco decided to further formalize and expand their alliance by signing a new contract. Shortly afterwards in March of 2002‚ HP merged
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20 “If Only HP Knew What HP Knows . . .” Thomas H. Davenport Innovation in Action About the author: Tom Davenport‚ professor of Information Management at the University of Texas‚ Austin‚ is best known for his research on how organizations bring about major innovations in their work processes. His 1993 book‚ Process Innovation: Reengineering Work through Information Technology‚ was the first book to describe what has become known as “business reengineering.” More recently‚ Davenport’s
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ISSN 1923-0176 [Print] ISSN 1923-0184 [Online] www.cscanada.net www.cscanada.org Studies in Sociology of Science Vol. 4‚ No. 4‚ 2013‚ pp. 45-48 DOI:10.3968/j.sss.1923018420130404.C613 Euphemism From Sociolinguistics Perspective CHI Ren[a]‚*; HAO Yu[a] [a] * acknowledged that in every language‚ there are a certain amount of euphemisms. Euphemisms are used in place of some sensitive‚ unpleasant‚ disturbing and taboo topics. Enright stated “A language without euphemisms would
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The history of HIV and AIDS in Nigeria The first two HIV cases in Nigeria were identified in 1985 and were reported at an international AIDS conference in 19866. In 1987 the Nigerian health sector established the National AIDS Advisory Committee‚ which was shortly followed by the establishment of the National Expert Advisory Committee on AIDS (NEACA). At first the Nigerian government was slow to respond to the increasing rates of HIV transmission7 and it was only in 1991 that the Federal Ministry
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- Partnership as part of the overall strategy - Both companies must continue to improve the efficiency of existing supply chain operations‚ exploring process innovations that might be strategically advantageous to HP - ?Increasing efficiency of existing processes and not discovering more effective alternatives will be counterproductive over time. - Concerns the partnership will hit a brick wall in the near future - How much more efficient can they become on the current practice? - Colaluca wanted:
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[pic] “AIDS IN AFRICA AND INTERNATIONAL AID” Business’s Ethics Project Instructor: Zlat Milovanovic Date: January 03‚ 2011 Made by: Ana Stojanoska 2A1; ID 1719 [pic] INTRODUCTION: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible
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Living with HIV January 7‚ 2013 Living with HIV Since the beginning of time we as humans have been fighting off and adapting to a variety of diseases. Some we have not treated and ended in tragic death and others we have become adapted to. There are those that have cures and those still to this day without a cure. To name a few like Parkinson’s‚ Alzheimer’s‚ Multiple Sclerosis‚ Fibromyalgia‚ Lupus‚ Cancer‚ Arthritis and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). All of the diseases I mentioned does
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Reaction Paper “HIV” Entering in any kind of industry would require a lot of sacrifices and of course requirements. From resume‚ bio-data‚ transcripts‚ police clearance‚ medical examinations result/certificates‚ and etc. must be complied in order to get a job. Why medical examinations result is part of the requirement? Well‚ industries or organizations to be specific‚ would not allow their names to be stained by these kind of issues or anything that could degrade their image must be avoided
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The subject I intend to reflect upon is confidentiality within a professional healthcare setting. Confidentiality formed a part of our professional issues lectures and it piqued my interest due to how differently it is interpreted within healthcare as opposed to education‚ which is my background. In an educational setting I was taught repeatedly that I could never ensure confidentiality between myself and a child. Comparing that to what I have now learnt in healthcare‚ this seemed to me almost the
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