{"product_id":"ms-swaminathan-in-conversation-with-nitya-rao-copy","title":"The Living Tree","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume examines the various issues in access to health issues and the role of intellectual property rights in access to drugs and the scope for using traditional medicine in public health. A team of experts from China, India, UK, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway and the Philippines have contributed to this volume. The volumes examines Health Impact Fund, a mechanism that is proposed to incentivise R\u0026amp;amp;D in neglected diseases and enhance access to drugs, and analyses how China and India can cooperate in traditional medicine sector besides providing reviews on the status of traditional medicine in both countries and the challenges before that sector in China and India in regulation, intellectual property rights and industrial policy. This is a unique volume that makes a significant contribution to the debates on access to medicine and role of traditional medicine in public health.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePraise for this book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers much food for thought and makes a valuable contribution to the literature. I hope that academics, policy makers and others involved in making health more accessible and affordable will find this volume relevant in their work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA.P.J. Abdul Kalam\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFormer President of India \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHundreds of millions avoidably suffer severe health problems and millions die prematurely each year because they do not get the medicines they need. This book is the result of a tremendous international collaboration seeking to change this. Its underlying idea is that the development and distribution of important medicines should be rewarded not through high, patent-protected mark-ups but through publicly funded rewards based on their actual health impact. This would greatly reduce the prices of advanced medicines and massively increase research into the diseases of the poor as well as the efficiency of the pharmaceutical sector. The book offers a thorough exploration of this idea with special emphasis on its significance for traditional medicines widely used in India and China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Pogge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeitner Professor of Philosophy and\u003cbr\u003eInternational Affairs, Yale University \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a highly valuable insight in the Traditional Medicines sector in China and India, and provides a road-map of bilateral activities that are of great importance for the sectoral development in both countries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWang Fenyu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eVice president, CASTED\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis timely and much-needed volume offers innovative responses to global health inequalities and the contemporary global intellectual property regime by examining the experiences of two countries that are deeply engaged in these areas, India and China. Innovative alternatives to the current global patent system are proposed including ways to employ Indian and Chinese medical systems to fill the gap in access to essential treatments. This should be required reading for anyone concerned about the future of global public health.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMurphy Halliburton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhD, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, \u003cbr\u003eQueens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author(s) \/ Editor(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSachin Chaturvedi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a Senior Fellow at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), a think tank with the Government of India’s Ministry  of External Affairs. He works on, inter alia, development cooperation policies and South-South cooperation, and science, technology and innovation policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiltos Ladikas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecurrently holds Research Fellow posts at the Centre for Professional Ethics, University of Central Lancashire, UK and the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. His professional background covers the areas of technology assessment, public perceptions of S\u0026amp;T, ethics in S\u0026amp;T policy and science and development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGuo Lifeng\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Associate Professor, Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development (CASTED), Ministry of Science and Technology, Beijing, China. Her research interests include science and technology polices and IPR issue in International trade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKrishna Ravi Srinivas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an Associate Fellow with RIS, a policy research think tank based in New Delhi, India. He has written on, inter alia, IPRs, open source and open innovation models, traditional knowledge, and climate change and technology transfer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFatima Alvarez-Castillo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRosa Cordillera Castillo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Coles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLynn J. Frewer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eT.C. James\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJing Liu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJon Pedersen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWu Qunhong\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eK. Satyanarayana\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSun Xiaoyun\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiu Yan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLi Zhe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGao Zhiqian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"glossymenu\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"p1\"\u003eContents in detail\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eList of Tables, Figures and Annexures\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Editors\/Contributors\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e       \u003ci\u003eA.P.J. Abdul Kalam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e       \u003ci\u003eBiswajit Dhar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIntroduction: Health Sector Challenges, Traditional\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMedicines and India China Collaboration\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSACHIN CHATURVEDI and KRISHNA RAVI SRINIVAS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I\u003cbr\u003eHealth Impact Fund\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e1.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Health Impact Fund: Issues and Challenges\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMILTOS LADIKAS and SACHIN CHATURVEDI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e2.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eStakeholder Views Regarding the Objectives\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Implementation of the HIF\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDAVID COLES and LYNN J. FREWER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e3.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHealth Impact of New Pharmaceutical Products\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the Context of Health Impact Funds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJON PEDERSEN and JING LIU\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e4.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGender-based Barriers to Access to Health Care\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Medicine: The Case of India and China\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFATIMA ALVAREZ-CASTILLO and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eROSA CORDILLERA CASTILLO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II\u003cbr\u003eIndia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e5.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIntellectual Property Rights and Traditional Chinese\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMedicine: The Experience in China and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWhat India can learn from that\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKRISHNA RAVI SRINIVAS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e6.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDynamics of Traditional Medicine Industry:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIssues in Trade, Technology and Standards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSACHIN CHATURVEDI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e7.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRegulatory Guidelines for Traditional Medicines in India\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eK. SATYANARAYANA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e8.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTraditional Medicine and Intellectual Property Policies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eT.C. JAMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III\u003cbr\u003eChina\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e9.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eChina-India Cooperation on Intellectual Property\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eProtection of Traditional Medicines\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGUO LIFENG\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e10.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIndustrial Development: External Trade and R\u0026amp;D of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTraditional Chinese Medicine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLI ZHE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e11.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTraditional Drug: Standard and Basic Medicine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSystem of China\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLIU YAN and WU QUNHONG\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e12.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePublic Health Problem and Development of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTraditional Medicine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGAO ZHIQIAN and SUN XIAOYUN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection IV\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e13.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePotential for China-India Cooperation and HIF:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eConcluding Remarks and Policy Recommendations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSACHIN CHATURVEDI and KRISHNA RAVI SRINIVAS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"glossymenu\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"submenu\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; 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