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Here’s an interesting skirmish in the global economics and politics of the drug industry. An organization that is deeply involved in funding HIV drug disbursement to developing countries is rattling the cage of the FDA. They’re putting pressure on to get the US FDA to approve a three-in-one pill for HIV treatment made by an Indian pharmaceutical company. The drugs ...

Schoolchildren to be RFID-chipped – silicon.com The rights and wrongs of RFID-chipping human beings have been debated since the tracking tags reached the technological mainstream. Now, school authorities in the Japanese city of Osaka have decided the benefits outweigh the disadvantages and will now be chipping children in one primary school. The tags will be read by readers installed in ...

FI Center member June Chan has become International Affairs Department as Manager of East Asia Programs and Project Director for California’s International Programs. According to the memo: …June will help develop and maintain the Society’s programs in China and Taiwan. She will work closely with divisions that have large Chinese American populations and others who have an interest in this ...

Trends and new ideas are a bit hard to keep up with particularly as the speed of change increases but a new web site can help. Springwise is worth a look.