As Thailand overrides patents on foreign drugs, the only winner will be the government.

The intent behind a proposed treaty to criminalize the manufacture and trade in counterfeited drugs is good, but only a treaty initiated by the World Health Organization will suffice.

The United States can avoid national security threats by being better prepared for pandemic flu.

The World Health Organizationhas just endorsed medicines that havenotpassed muster with western regulators.

Price regulations are discouraginginnovation,and big drug makers are diverting capital away from research and development and pumping it into the less risky business of generic drugs.

Thailand's government is breaking Western pharmaceutical patents--not for health reasons, but for its own financial gain.

Help for medicinal innovation in Thailand is coming from an unlikely source.

There are good reasons for the European Union to worry about the health of its pharmaceutical firms, but fortunately there are things it can improve.