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The transition from cash to plastic cards has been a rapid one. With the convenience of these cards came the issue of security, rapid technological changes and society s adaptation to these changes. There was also the legal issue which is an area of conce
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Society explores the social and policy sides of the pharmaceutical industry and its pervasive influence in society. While many technical STM works explore the chemistry and biology of pharmacology and an equally large number of clinically oriented works focus on use of illegal drugs, substance abuse, and treatment, there is virtually nothing on the immensely huge business (“Big Pharma”) of creating, selling, consuming, and regulating legal drugs. With this new Encyclopedia, the topic of socioeconomic, business and consumer, and legal and ethical issues of the pharmaceutical industry in contemporary society around the world are addressed. Key Feat...
Although ideally a patent system for pharmaceuticals should serve to incentivize research into the development of new medicines, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the equal importance of drug access and affordability. This book, by focusing on the Brazilian rule which makes the grant of pharmaceutical patents dependent on the prior consent of the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA), shows how the Brazilian model affords an example for other countries to follow in dealing with tensions between patent protection and the right to healthcare. Based on an empirical study in which the author examined 147 reports issued by ANVISA as a basis for its decisions, the book deals with such centr...
Competition Science Vision (monthly magazine) is published by Pratiyogita Darpan Group in India and is one of the best Science monthly magazines available for medical entrance examination students in India. Well-qualified professionals of Physics, Chemistry, Zoology and Botany make contributions to this magazine and craft it with focus on providing complete and to-the-point study material for aspiring candidates. The magazine covers General Knowledge, Science and Technology news, Interviews of toppers of examinations, study material of Physics, Chemistry, Zoology and Botany with model papers, reasoning test questions, facts, quiz contest, general awareness and mental ability test in every monthly issue.
Under the aegis of the TRIPS agreement, the global pharmaceutical industry became the centre of controversy. TRIPS provides product patents which seek to reward the innovator of the drug in the form of monopoly pricing. The freedom to price drugs leads to
"In order to meet the increasing demands of people all over the world to have a highly detailed atlas of Japan, Teikoku-Shoin Co., Ltd., Tōkyō takes pride in offering Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan. This new atlas is in English and embodies all the skill and richness of experience gained through sixty years of fine cartography. The contents include general maps, large scale maps and thematic maps. Five general maps (1 : 1,800,000 scale) cover the whole of the Japanese Island and a beautiful over-lay coloring technique is applied to each map. The large scale maps are designed to be the best guides in the most important areas of Japan which include Tōkyō and Ōsaka as the major centers ...
The Global Pharmaceutical Industry is greatly impacted by provisions of Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). This industry became the centre of controversy over the conflict of right to health and right to patents. In Brazil and South Afric
From an Islamic perspective, although the ownership of wealth is with God, humans are gifted with wealth to manage it with the objective of benefiting the human society. Such guidance means that wealth management is a process involving the accumulation, generation, purification, preservation and distribution of wealth, all to be conducted carefully in permissible ways. This book is the first to lay out a coherent framework on how wealth management should be conducted in compliance with guiding principles from edicts of a major world religion.
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