http://www.unpackingdevelopment.com/2009/06/30/european-drug-pirates/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.unpackingdevelopment.com/2009/06/30/european-drug-pirates/comment-page-1/#comment-565 arun shrivastav Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:26:35 +0000 http://www.unpackingdevelopment.com/?p=320#comment-565 IT IS UNFORTUNATE THE SEIZURE OF GENERIC DRUGS IN TRANSIT AND EC IS ACTING LIKE SOMALI PIRATES IN THIS REGARD.INDIAN DIPLOMATS HAVE FAILED TO PRESSURISE EC TO EXEMPT GENERIC MEDICINE IN TRANSIT.SO CHANNEL OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT OF WTO IS THE LAST RESORT.INDIA HAS A GOOD TRACK RECORD AT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT IN RECENT YEARS AND THE EFFORTS OF THE LEGAL DIPLOMAT--SMT UMA SEKHAR AND THEIR AMBASSADOR UJAL SINGH BHATIA IN INDIAN MISSION IS HIGHLY APPRECIABLE.IN THE LIGHT OF NOKIA JUDGEMENT IN UK COURTS AND ITS CUSTOMS ,INDIA NEEDS TO GO ALL OUT AFTER EC IN CONSULTATIONS AND BEFORE THE PANEL AND THAT IS ONLY WAY FORWARD.RIGHT TO LIFE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INCLUDES RIGHT TO HEALTH AND CHEAP MEDICINES FOR THAT PURPOSE AND EC REGULATION CANT COME IN THE WAY IT IS UNFORTUNATE THE SEIZURE OF GENERIC DRUGS IN TRANSIT AND EC IS ACTING LIKE SOMALI PIRATES IN THIS REGARD.INDIAN DIPLOMATS HAVE FAILED TO PRESSURISE EC TO EXEMPT GENERIC MEDICINE IN TRANSIT.SO CHANNEL OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT OF WTO IS THE LAST RESORT.INDIA HAS A GOOD TRACK RECORD AT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT IN RECENT YEARS AND THE EFFORTS OF THE LEGAL DIPLOMAT–SMT UMA SEKHAR AND THEIR AMBASSADOR UJAL SINGH BHATIA IN INDIAN MISSION IS HIGHLY APPRECIABLE.IN THE LIGHT OF NOKIA JUDGEMENT IN UK COURTS AND ITS CUSTOMS ,INDIA NEEDS TO GO ALL OUT AFTER EC IN CONSULTATIONS AND BEFORE THE PANEL AND THAT IS ONLY WAY FORWARD.RIGHT TO LIFE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INCLUDES RIGHT TO HEALTH AND CHEAP MEDICINES FOR THAT PURPOSE AND EC REGULATION CANT COME IN THE WAY

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