lawsuit playing a key role in South Carolina's debate over the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses. U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs on Tuesday gave attorneys until Oct. 23 to file, with another three weeks for responses. Childs said she may hold a hearing in the case but not for several more weeks.
Date: Oct 14, 2014
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Novartis patent blow: Why Big Pharma can't quit India
So far, no other country has followed India with similar laws preventing the kind of secondary patent that stymied Glivec, though Michelle Childs, head of drug access policy at Medecins Sans Frontieres, said others were raising the patent bar in more subtle ways.
Michelle Childs, head of policy at Medecins Sans Frontieres and a critic of many industry practices, says the approach taken by Big Pharma to date of excluding the vast majority of people living in developing countries - barring a small but growing middle class - is not sustainable.
The decision "serves as a warning that when drug companies are price gouging and limiting availability, there is a consequence," said Michelle Childs, a policy director at Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders).
"This agreement is an improvement over what other big pharma companies are doing to ensure access to their patented AIDS medicines in developing countries," said Michelle Childs, a director at Doctors Without Border's campaign for access to essential medicines. Still, she warned caution was necessar
Date: Jul 12, 2011
Category: Health
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Driver who hit train should have had ample warning
One of d'Alessandro's fingers, though, was nearly torn off, said his niece, Michelle Childs of Elk Grove (Sacramento County). She said doctors were able to save the finger, and her uncle had surgery on his arm on Saturday. He expects to be released from the hospital in Reno and on his way home Monda
Date: Jun 27, 2011
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Trucking firm in fatal Amtrak crash has string of violations
An assistant conductor Local 166 member Richard d'Alessandro, 49, of Elk Grove was injured, according to his niece, Michelle Childs of Elk Grove. She said his right hand was burned and that he is expected to leave the hospital today.
Date: Jun 27, 2011
Category: U.S.
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Rich nations step up assault on generic Aids drugs
According to Michelle Childs, director of policy and advocacy with Mdecins Sans Frontires' campaign for access to essential medicines, the US, the European Union and Japan are trying to make laws "even stricter and narrow the opportunities for generic producers to make [and] to export those drugs"