Global Externs' Blog

The Uruguay Round, a series of multilateral trade negotiations spanning 1986-1994, produced most of the World Trade Organization agreements including the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Prior to TRIPS, the extent and enforcement of intellectual property rights varied substantially around the world.  In the context of pharmaceuticals, many developing countries […]

For over a decade the pharmaceutical industry and patients worldwide have been witness to a revolution in drug research and development. Biotechnology has saved or extended the quality of life for millions of patients and changed the way diseases like cancer, heart disease, and multiple sclerosis are treated. Biologics, or biopharmaceuticals, represent one of the […]

This summer I also have the great opportunity of working at the International Trade Administration (ITA) in the Office of Health and Consumer Goods (OHCG) down in our nation’s capital, Washington D.C.  My office, the OHCG, is then broken down into two offices, the Health Office and the Consumer Goods office.  I am working in […]

This summer I find myself in our nation’s capital amidst the grandeur of American symbols and in the seat of democratic power. But beyond the sights and sounds there is work to be done. My desk for the summer does not sit in a law office or a judge’s chambers, but rather in the Herbert […]