Thailand will begin producing an effective anti-avian flu tablets later this month which costs half the normal price, newspaper The Nation reported Saturday.
The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) will produce the first 200,000 tablets of Oseltamivir, a generic version of the Swiss-produced antiviral drug Tamiflu believed most effective against bird-flu, once the GPO obtains approval by […]

Jakarta: The government still has a lot of work to do as regards the protection of intellectual property, despite a pat on the back last year when the US upgraded Indonesia’s status in the fight against piracy.
The U.S. trade representative moved Indonesia from the Priority Watch List to the Watch List last November thanks to […]

PETALING JAYA: Despite considerable progress in combating piracy, Malaysia should remain on the US Trade Representative (USTR) piracy watch list, the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) recommended last week. 
Recommendations on the piracy levels in various countries are made by the IIPA to the USTR on an annual basis.  
The USTR “grades” a country according to […]

HA NOI — Legal experts from Cambodia, China, France, Laos and Viet Nam met in Ha Noi on Friday to discuss a legislative framework for economic activities in the Asia-Pacific region.
At the two-day conference, discussions are expected to focus on matters relating to integration and changes to trade laws in the region.
Some 15 reports to […]

The King of Thailand, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, will be the recipient of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s or WIPO Global Leaders . His Majesty is a strong advocate of intellectual property, owning over 20 patents and 19 trademarks. His Majesty was granted his first patent in 1993 for a system to resolve water […]

The Indonesian Government believes it’s got ownership over its strain of avian flu and it’s upset about a new bird flu vaccine developed by an Australian drug company.
Indonesia’s Health Minister, Siti Fadillah Supari has told the ABC that the Indonesian strain of H5N1 is Indonesia’s intellectual property, but it’s been used by the Australian company, […]

Indonesia is showing increased “political impetus” to tackle bird flu within its poultry population, but the H5N1 virus still remains widespread across the country, the United Nations’ bird flu czar said Monday.
Dr David Nabarro, the UN’s senior system coordinator for avian and human influenza, said Indonesia must expend more energy on “reducing the amount of […]