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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Sloane Stephens didn't just achieve her best Grand Slam result by reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open - she's also one up on her good friend Sam Querrey.
Stephens and Querrey, who lost in the third round of men's singles, share a coach, David Nainkin. They've developed a good-natured rivalry about who's rising faster in the rankings.
With her run to the semifinals at Melbourne Park, Stephens will improve to No. 17 from No. 29 in the rankings next week, while Querrey is not expected to rise much higher than his current No. 22.
``Sam Querrey sent me a message and said, `You might be ahead of me on Monday, but in three weeks, I'm going to be ahead of you,''' the 19-year-old Stephens said after her straight-sets loss to No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals on Thursday. ``I have to keep working because I want to stay in front of him.''
The Americans haven't made a wager over who will be ranked higher by the end of the year - there's just pride at stake, Stephens said.
``Obviously egos are big,'' she said earlier this week. ``This is tennis, so somebody's going to win.''
Stephens was disappointed she didn't follow up her big win over 15-time major winner Serena Williams in the quarterfinals with a better match against Azarenka, but her overall performance at the tournament far exceeded her expectations at the start of the season.
``I'm obviously coming out of the Australian summer with amazing momentum, knowing I can pretty much hang in there with anybody and even beat some of the best players,'' she said. ``It's definitely a good feeling.''
DOWN UNDER: It can't be a good feeling for David Ferrer: Another loss in a Grand Slam semifinal by the same humbling score.
Ferrer was defeated by top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of the Australian Open on Thursday 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. He lost by the same score to Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the French Open last year on his favored clay surface.
For all his success on the court - he won a tour-leading seven titles last year - the Spaniard hasn't been able to get past the semifinals at majors.
He lost in the semifinals of the 2012 and 2007 U.S. Open to Djokovic, and fell in the semifinals of the 2011 Australian Open to Andy Murray.
A clearly dejected Ferrer tried to explain how frustrating it feels to get so close to a Grand Slam final, only to be beaten each time by one of the so-called Big Four of men's tennis - Djokovic, Murray, Nadal and Roger Federer.
``It's difficult to do one final of a Grand Slam,'' the fifth-ranked Ferrer said. ``When I did the semifinal in Roland Garros, Australian Open, U.S. Open, it was a loss to the best three players, no?
``I am trying to do my best every match. But I know they are better than me. What can I do?''
Meanwhile, Djokovic was feeling so fresh after his easy win over Ferrer that he had time to make a cameo appearance during a legends doubles match later Thursday night.
The Serbian star posed as a doctor and pretended to perform CPR on retired French player Henri Leconte, much to the delight of the picture-snapping crowd.
Djokovic gave reporters his diagnosis during a later news conference: ``(Leconte) is definitely crazy. He needs long-term treatment.''
LUCKY NO. 13: Mike Bryan can't pronounce the name of one of his opponents in the Australian Open doubles final on Saturday, but that doesn't mean he's not taking the competition seriously.
Identical twins Mike and Bob Bryan, the top seeds at Melbourne Park, advanced to their ninth Australian Open final with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 win over the Italian duo of Simon Bolelli and Fabio Fognini on Thursday.
The brothers will be trying to win a record 13th Grand Slam title, which will move them one ahead of the Australian greats John Newcombe and Tony Roche on the all-time Grand Slam doubles titles list.
The Bryans play Dutchmen Robin Haase and Igor Sijsling, who upset the third-seeded Spanish duo of Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez to reach their first Grand Slam final.
``It's the first time I've ever seen that guy,'' Bryan said, referring to Sijsling. ``I don't know how to pronounce his name. But they've played big doubles. They serve huge and rip groundstrokes.
``Hopefully they're nervous, but you can't count on it.''
Bryan said the doubles game has changed to such an extent in recent years, he and his brother have only faced one serve-and-volley player en route to the final. Most of the teams they've played have preferred to hit from the baseline.
``That's kind of the new era of doubles. You see guys serving and staying back,'' he said. ``You're going to see that over the (coming) years. When most of these doubles guys become extinct, you're going see just a bunch of crosscourt singles.''
TEENAGE DREAM: Australian teenager Ashleigh Barty already knows how she'll spend part of the prize money she'll pocket for reaching the women's doubles final at the Australian Open.
``It will cover a few of the Tigers jerseys that I buy,'' she said, referring to her favorite Australian rules Australian Football League team, the Richmond Tigers. ``I have far too many at home.''
Barty may need to think a little bigger - if she and fellow Australian Casey Dellacqua win the final against the No. 1 team in the world, Italians Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, they'll take home $250,000 apiece. Not a bad payday for a 16-year-old.
Barty and Dellacqua, wild-card entrants into the doubles draw, are having an amazing run in Melbourne. They took out the No. 3 seeds, Lisa Raymond and Maria Kirilenko, in the second round, and followed up that win with three more straight-set victories.
Barty is the youngest Grand Slam finalist since Frenchwoman Tatiana Golovin won the mixed doubles at the 2004 French Open at the age of 16 with Richard Gasquet.
``Already this week for me has been such an achievement,'' Barty said. ``If we can go one step further, it would be incredible.''
The Italian duo will be tough to beat. Errani and Vinci won the French Open and U.S. Open doubles last year - and defeated Serena and Venus Williams in three tight sets in the quarterfinals this week.
``We're definitely the underdogs,'' Dellacqua said. ``I don't think many people would have thought we'd be in the final. To go out there and think we're going to beat the No. 1 players in the world, it's going to be a big task.''
Barty and Dellacqua were included in the Australian team named Thursday to play a Fed Cup match against the Czech Republic next month.


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Police arrested a second suspect in connection with a "bottle bomb" explosion at a Largo, Maryland, movie theater.
Prince George's County Fire Department spokesman Mark Brady said Michael Sean Hollingsworth, 23, of Takoma Park, was taken into custody Friday and and charged with two felonies in connection with the May 24 "bottle bomb" detonation at the Magic Johnson Theaters.
Hollingworth is in custody of the Prince George's County Department of Corrections and is being held without bond. Investigators don't think Hollingsworth set off the device, at least not in the May 24 the incident, but he still faces a felony that carries a maximum of 25 years and fines, as well as a conspiracy charge.
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Another suspect, Manuel Joyner Bell, was arrested last week for his involvement in the Largo incident. Bell also faces charges in Maryland and Virginia for separate "bottle bomb" explosions at different theaters. Investigators believe Hollingsworth was Bell's accomplice in all six of the incidents, said Brady.
"He was the driver of suspect No. 1 to all of the incidents involving bottle bomb incidents," Brady said.
An online trail led police straight to Joyner -- who admitted to setting off six bottle bombs at local movie theaters. Prince George's County police say Joyner was the only person who used the website Fandango.com to purchase movie tickets for the six shows during which bottle bombs exploded.
The bottle bombs were filled with acid and metal, according to fire officials. The material inside reacted, exploded the bottles and spewed acid. The devices are capable of sending the acid 20 to 30 feet, fire officials have said.
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Sarah Vaughan: "Tenderly"
Sarah Lois Vaughan was born on this day in 1924, in my hometown: Newark, NJ. In this clip, taken from a 1958 performance, she sings "Tenderly."
Thanks must go to Lester Perkins and Jazz on the Tube.
What a musician!
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Sarah Vaughan was one of the great American singers, regardless of genre!
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That was lovely. Thanks, Stephen.
My personal favorite instrumental version is pianist Art Lande's rendition, recorded by Cookie Marenco for her Blue Coast Records label.
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- Todos > Public Health, Innovation, Intellectual Property and Trade > Technology Transfer and Local Production
- Palabras clave > access to medicines
- Palabras clave > access to technology
- Palabras clave > local manufacture of pharmaceuticals
- Palabras clave > local pharmaceutical industry
- Palabras clave > local production
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Prepared for the WHO Department of Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property by Suerie Moon (Kennedy School of Government and School of Public Health, Harvard University). This report forms part of the project entitled: Improving access to medicines in developing countries through technology transfer related to medical products and local production. It is implemented by the Department of Public Health Innovation and Intellectual Property of the World Health Organization (WHO/PHI) in partnership with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) with funding from the European Union (EU). The overall objective of the project is to increase access – especially for the poor in developing and least developed countries – to medicines, vaccines and diagnostics.
The local production of drugs in developing countries has long been seen as a potential way to increase access to medicines and improve public health. At the same time, such production also held the possibility of supporting other policy goals such as economic development, industrialization and accelerated technological capacity. The potential importance of local production was recognized in the 2008 WHO Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (GSPA-PHI), which points to local production of pharmaceuticals as a key area for investment in Element 3 and focuses on health-related technology transfer in Element 4.
Renewed interest in local production arises against the context of increased interconnectedness and vulnerability to global health threats, a changed global intellectual property regime, growing capacity in key developing countries to produce and develop medicines, globalization of the pharmaceutical supply chain, the expansion of developing country pharmaceutical markets, and increased attention to the challenge of ensuring equitable access to medicines. This landscaping study was conducted for the WHO Secretariat on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property project "Improving access to medicines in developing countries through technology transfer related to medical products and local production", which is funded by the European Commission. The purpose of the study is to provide:
- a description of the landscape of local production of drugs, relevant investment promotion and related transfer of technology;
- an outline of current and recent initiatives (taking place within the past 5–10 years);
- an identification of gaps and preliminary assessment of the initiatives.
This report provides a description of the current landscape related to the local production of drugs in developing countries and related technology transfer. The objective is to assist WHO in its support for Member States in implementing the GSPA-PHI, with particular reference to the promotion of capacity building for local production in developing countries.
Overall, the study offers a descriptive overview of trends in local production of drugs and related technology transfer and the key issues that arise. Vaccines and diagnostics are not covered in this study, due to important differences between pharmaceutical production and the development of vaccines and new diagnostics. These topics form the subject of separate reports in this series...


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