ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION  The European Commission Opens a New Investigation in the Pharma Sector On 4 March 2021, the European Commission (Commission) has opened a formal investigation into alleged misuses of patent procedures and exclusionary disparagement of competing products by a pharma company for its blockbuster drug. The Commission will […]

By Syed Neaz Ahmad FRSALONDON, Mar 30 2021 (IPS-Partners) Over the Pandemic months, most activities – social, cultural, economic & philanthropic have been hit hard. The worst-hit has been patients suffering from serious diseases. Most have shied away from visiting their doctors and referral fell by 52,000 due to Covid-19. […]

The nearly 1 billion cows around the planet produce vast amounts of the greenhouse gas methane through burps and flatulence, but a change in the diet of cows can result in significant reductions in bovine emissions. A team of researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia realized […]

Countries: Bangladesh, Myanmar Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees The fire destroyed more than 9,500 shelters as well as more than 1,600 facilities vital for daily operations, including hospitals, learning centres, aid distribution points and a registration centre.

Reva-Lou Reva is worried. For the first time he can remember, he says hospitals around the Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) are so overburdened they are closing their doors to patients.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today formally joined the Sustainable Rice Platform, a global multi‐stakeholder alliance of more than 100 institutional members from the public, private, research, civil society and financial sectors. The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) works with partners to transform the global rice […]

Introduction In Republic of Sierra Leone v SL Mining Ltd [2021] EWHC 286 (Comm) the English Commercial Court dismissed a challenge to an ICC arbitration award made under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”). The Court found that the basis of challenge, in particular alleged non-compliance with […]