Patent medicines originated in 16th century England. These medicines were ready-made remedies and could be purchased to treat many conditions. Originally, the term referred to medicines that actually were patented. To receive a patent, however, the...

Patent medicines first appeared in England in the 1600s. When a medication was patented, its formula was owned by the patent holder, and no one else could duplicate and sell it. In order to qualify for a patent, a medicine only had to be original; no...

Patent medicine is the somewhat misleading term given to various medical compounds sold under a variety of names and labels, though they were, for the most part, actually medicines with trademarks, not patented medicines. In ancient times, such medicine...

Patent medicine for mankind THE BUBBLE OF AMERICAN SUPREMACY: CORRECTING THE MISUSE OF AMERICAN POWER by George Soros Weidenfeld, £12.99, pp. 207, ISBN 0297849069 Judging from his publications, since semi-retiring from his hedge fund empire George Soros has sorted out the world's problems...

Current international patent rules strike an uneasy balance between conflicting views about patents. The precarious nature of this balancing act is illustrated by the recent heated debate about the conditions under which compulsory licenses will be available for certain essential medicines under the Trade...

Visitors to Winterthur sometimes experience a "Wow!" moment when touring the museum's permanent and traveling collections, but the newest exhibit offers a bit of a twist."Bow-wow!" might be the more appropriate response to "Pets in America," which traces Americans' love affair with their animals from...

Visitors to Winterthur sometimes experience a "Wow!" moment when touring the museum's permanent and traveling collections, but the newest exhibit offers a bit of a twist."Bow-wow!" might be the more appropriate response to "Pets in America," which traces Americans' love affair with their animals from...