The White House has argued that crude oil, despite its high price, is plentiful, and that gas prices and prices for other petroleum products are high because domestic producers cannot refine their crude supplies quickly enough.

CNN: Bush ready to release 'optimistic' energy plan

In an interview, Jennifer Cohn, medical coordinator for MSF's access campaign, said the ruling reinforces the idea that India won't patent drugs that are "not significantly innovative, " leaving generics companies free to produce many products for domestic use or for export to other countries where the drugs aren't protected by patent.

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Bush's plan, which aims to insulate consumers from high prices while fattening stores of gasoline and other refined oil products, will likely call for the boosting of domestic refining capacity, perhaps by building as many as 40 oil refineries over the next 20 years.

CNN: Bush ready to release 'optimistic' energy plan