http://tlf.disqus.com/The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.enSun, 25 Jan 2009 15:21:48 -0000http://techliberation.com/2007/11/28/patents-and-the-developing-world-commentary/#comment-5535465Very informative indeed!, thanks for posting, I really loved it.AmedaSun, 25 Jan 2009 15:21:48 -0000http://techliberation.com/2007/11/28/patents-and-the-developing-world-commentary/#comment-1452746<i>It is sad that the plan to produce the drugs in Africa apparently does not extend to actually inventing and developing more such drugs in Africa—or then the patents would be important.</i><br><br>All well and good to have an abstract point of view that has no support in facts, but the reality is that producing drugs is an important first step in building the infrastructure needed to develop them.<br><br>How would an African country develop a pharma industry without making generics first?eee_effThu, 29 Nov 2007 20:28:09 -0000http://techliberation.com/2007/11/28/patents-and-the-developing-world-commentary/#comment-1452745One more link: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Progress_%26_Freedom_Foundation#Drug_Companies" rel="nofollow">Progress and Freedom Foundation : Drug Companies</a> on <a href="http://sourcewatch.org" rel="nofollow">sourcewatch.org</a>.Don MartiWed, 28 Nov 2007 13:57:58 -0000