Medical charity accuses US of pushing India to ease patent rules

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Medical charity accuses US of pushing India to ease patent rules

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/medical-charity-accuses-us-pushing-india-ease-patent-142106561--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Qr2uXEV3fkcx.VsLalI6.Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-DEL-Del6361864-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="India's vast generics industry is a major supplier of cheap copycat, lifesaving drugs to treat diabetes, cancer and other diseases afflicting poor people locally and globally who cannot afford expensive branded versions" align="left" title="India's vast generics industry is a major supplier of cheap copycat, lifesaving drugs to treat diabetes, cancer and other diseases afflicting poor people locally and globally who cannot afford expensive branded versions" border="0" /></a>Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on Saturday accused the United States of ratcheting up pressure on India's new government to relax strict patent conditions which have made the country the &quot;world's pharmacy&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>

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