Latha Jishnu, A singular victory for open innovation

"[Richard Jefferson of CAMBIA] believes the insurmountable patent thicket surrounding scientific breakthroughs is stifling much-needed innovation in a host of areas, specially health and agriculture in developing countries, and he is desperately keen that public scientific research gets a boost through open access systems. One of those who subscribes to this philosophy is Samir Brahmachari, director general of India’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), one of the largest groupings of public research institutes in the world...."