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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:09:19 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Media Articles</title><subtitle>Media Articles</subtitle><id>http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/atom.xml"/><updated>2010-04-04T01:29:50Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>When Medical Patents Weaken Health Care</title><id>http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2010/4/3/when-medical-patents-weaken-health-care.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2010/4/3/when-medical-patents-weaken-health-care.html"/><author><name>I-Mak</name></author><published>2010-04-04T01:25:37Z</published><updated>2010-04-04T01:25:37Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tahir-amin-and-priti-radhakrishnan/when-medical-patents-weak_b_512033.html">An op-ed in the Huffington Post on April 1, 2010.<br /></a></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>NYU Law Magazine profiles Priti Radhakrishnan</title><id>http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/9/24/nyu-law-magazine-profiles-priti-radhakrishnan.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/9/24/nyu-law-magazine-profiles-priti-radhakrishnan.html"/><author><name>I-Mak</name></author><published>2009-09-24T19:14:58Z</published><updated>2009-09-24T19:14:58Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<p>To read "Medicines Robin Hood: Priti Radhakrishnan gives the poor access to lifesaving drugs", NYU Law Magazine's profile on I-MAK Co-Director, click <a href=" http://law.nyu.edu/publications/magazine/issues/2009/ECM_PRO_062859 ">HERE</a>.<br /><br /></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Scripnews.com covers Tahir Amin on expert patent review</title><id>http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/9/23/scripnewscom-covers-tahir-amin-on-expert-patent-review.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/9/23/scripnewscom-covers-tahir-amin-on-expert-patent-review.html"/><author><name>I-Mak</name></author><published>2009-09-23T21:26:57Z</published><updated>2009-09-23T21:26:57Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<p>"The use of outside experts for reviewing patents could prevent the granting of unmerited patents and high drug prices in many developing countries. This is the view of Tahir Amin, co-Director of the Initiative for Medicines, Access &amp; Knowledge (I-MAK), which helped prepare a pre-grant patent opposition to Gilead's AIDS treatment, Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), on behalf of Indian patient groups. Read <a href="http://www.i-mak.org/storage/imakamin.pdf">more</a>.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Enforcement, Creative R&amp;D Financing Priority Issues for Public Health in 2009 - by Kaitlin Mara of IP Watch</title><id>http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/2/28/enforcement-creative-rd-financing-priority-issues-for-public.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/2/28/enforcement-creative-rd-financing-priority-issues-for-public.html"/><author><name>I-Mak</name></author><published>2009-02-28T01:34:53Z</published><updated>2009-02-28T01:34:53Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<p>&ldquo;Enforcement will dominate everything&rdquo; in 2009, said Tahir Amin of the Intitiative for Medicines, Access &amp; Knowledge (I-MAK) in New York. The use of the term &ldquo;counterfeit&rdquo; in reference to enforcement efforts, with its connotations of trademark law, will be &ldquo;one of the major battlegrounds.&rdquo; Read the full story <a href="http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/02/25/enforcement-creative-rd-financing-priority-issues-for-public-health-in-2009/">here</a>.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Echoing Green's Featured 2008 Fellows</title><id>http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/2/12/echoing-greens-featured-2008-fellows.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/2/12/echoing-greens-featured-2008-fellows.html"/><author><name>I-Mak</name></author><published>2009-02-12T21:25:13Z</published><updated>2009-02-12T21:25:13Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<p>In its latest <a href="http://campaign-archive.com/?u=1fb73ce0809dbef871f863239&amp;id=3c86e25aef&amp;e">newsletter</a>, Echoing Green features the founders of I-MAK.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>I-MAK working towards improving drug access</title><id>http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/2/10/i-mak-working-towards-improving-drug-access.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/2/10/i-mak-working-towards-improving-drug-access.html"/><author><name>I-Mak</name></author><published>2009-02-10T23:10:34Z</published><updated>2009-02-10T23:10:34Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://indiapost.com/article/communitypost/5484/">Based in New York, I-MAK harnesses the best legal and scientific talent from across the world to help develop the best case possible to protect the public from companies misusing patent regulations and blocking access to cheap drugs.</a></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Dgoodr.com</title><id>http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/1/19/dgoodrcom.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/1/19/dgoodrcom.html"/><author><name>I-Mak</name></author><published>2009-01-19T17:22:34Z</published><updated>2009-01-19T17:22:34Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<p>I-MAK's Director of Treatment Access, Priti Radhakrishnan, was profiled on <a href="http://dgoodr.com/" target="_blank">http://dgoodr.com/</a> this week.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Generic Drugs: The Other Drug War</title><id>http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/1/8/generic-drugs-the-other-drug-war.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/1/8/generic-drugs-the-other-drug-war.html"/><author><name>I-Mak</name></author><published>2009-01-08T06:54:26Z</published><updated>2009-01-08T06:54:26Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.cfr.org/publication/18055/generic_drugs.html?breadcrumb=%2F">Compulsory license use requires a certain amount of political will, says Priti Radhakrishnan, director of </a><a href="http://www.cfr.org/publication/18055/generic_drugs.html?breadcrumb=%2F">I-Mak</a><a href="http://www.cfr.org/publication/18055/generic_drugs.html?breadcrumb=%2F">, a health advocacy group looking at drug innovation and access, who notes that even threatening to issue a compulsory license can lead to significant backlash.</a></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>I-MAK Works to Make Drugs Affordable for the Poor</title><id>http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/1/8/i-mak-works-to-make-drugs-affordable-for-the-poor.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2009/1/8/i-mak-works-to-make-drugs-affordable-for-the-poor.html"/><author><name>I-Mak</name></author><published>2009-01-08T03:46:53Z</published><updated>2009-01-08T03:46:53Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=752&amp;Sid=1"><br />When drug patents are misused or misapplied it can put vital medications out of reach for the poor, say Priti Radhakrishnan and Tahir Amin, the husband-and-wife co-founders of New York-based I-MAK (Initiative for Medicines, Access and Knowledge).</a></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>The Women of Pop!Tech</title><id>http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2008/12/15/the-women-of-poptech.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.i-mak.org/media-articles/2008/12/15/the-women-of-poptech.html"/><author><name>I-Mak</name></author><published>2008-12-15T02:52:05Z</published><updated>2008-12-15T02:52:05Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<p>Five women who participated in Pop!Tech were featured in the <a href="http://fringehog.com/2008/11/07/fringehog-friday-five-the-women-of-poptech-%E2%80%9808/">Fringehog blog</a> for the work that they do, including I-MAK Director of Treatment Access, Priti Radhakrishnan.</p>]]></content></entry></feed>