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Biomedicine
Research reports from A. Taubman and co-authors provide new insights into biomedicine
February 7th, 2009
Research findings, 'The international patent system and biomedical research: reconciling aspiration, policy and practice,' are discussed in a new report. "This article reviews how the international environment shapes international patent law and practice with bearing on biomedical innovation. The cluster of issues is encapsulated in two core paradoxes," scientists in Geneva, Switzerland report. "The first concerns how public goods, such as new pharmaceuticals, may be produced through the deliberate creation of private rights that exclude material from the public domain. The second paradox concerns how 'technological neutrality' and overall policy balance in the...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-02-07)
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