Sampath, Padmashree Gehl.

Regulating bioprospecting institutions for drug research, access, and benefit-sharing / [electronic resource] : Padmashree Gehl Sampath. - Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, 2005. - xii, 274 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-267) and index.

Bioprospecting for drug research : an overview -- Drug R&D and the structure of the industry -- International policy dimensions of bioprospecting -- Transaction costs and their impact on the market for bioprospecting -- Intellectual property rights on traditional medicinal knowledge : a process oriented perspective -- The scope of the right to regulate access.


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Drugs--Patents.
Genes--Patents.
Drugs--Testing--Law and legislation.
Genetic engineering--Law and legislation.


Electronic books.

K1519.B54 / S26 2005eb

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