Person Attributes
Counterfeit drugs
IPN Opinion article
It's not just the criminals who are threatening health with counterfeit or substandard drugs, but also the questionable procurement practices of international aid agencies.
How Safe are Anti-retroviral Drugs?
IPN Opinion article
ARVs are no silver bullet in the fight against AIDS, but if properly administered and manufactured, they can help carriers of the diseases maintain productive lives. Despite this, untested and poor quality ARVs have been foisted on many in Africa by the WHO and western NGOs, according to Thompson Ayodele. Africans DO deserve high quality medicines. What they don't deserve is the increased risk of rising drug-resistance and increasing illness. The WHO's prescription for fighting AIDS is nothing but a sticking plaster on a massive wound, and it is fast becoming unstuck.
Protecting patents safeguards patients
IPN Opinion article
John Kilama argues that "Attempting to replace IP protection with government funding of applied R&D is likely to be about as successful as the Soviet Union's record of innovation; i.e. poor."
