Regulating bioprospecting
Subtitle: institutions for drug research, access, and benefit-sharing
By: Padmashree Gehl Sampath.
Publisher: United Nations University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Tokyo; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Drugs -- Patents.; Genes -- Patents.; Drugs -- Testing -- Law and legislation.; Genetic engineering -- Law and legislation.
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bioprospecting for drug research: an overview; title: Drug R&D and the structure of the industry; title: International policy dimensions of bioprospecting; title: Transaction costs and their impact on the market for bioprospecting; title: Intellectual property rights on traditional medicinal knowledge: a process oriented perspective; title: The scope of the right to regulate access; title: The road ahead.