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Author Dutfield, Graham.

Title Intellectual Property Rights and the Life Science Industries : Past, Present and Future.

Publication Info. Singapore : World Scientific, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (429 pages)
Contents Contents; Figures, Tables and Illustrations; List of Acronyms; Part I: Science, Drugs, Money and Patents; 1. Introduction; 2. Seven Tales of a Patent; 3. The Life Sciences, Business and the Patent System; Part II: Past; 4. Dyes, Drugs and Domagk; 5. Making Hormones; 6. The Antibiotics; Part III: Present; 7. Big Pharma, Small Biotech; 8. 'No Patents on Life!'; 9. Mr Pharma Goes to Geneva; 10. The Story So Far; 11. Would We Have Got Where We Are Today Without Patents?; Part IV: Future; 12. The Future of Patents and the Life Science Industries; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index; Reviews.
Summary This book is a highly readable and entertaining account of the co-evolution of the patent system and the life science industries since the mid-19th century. The pharmaceutical industries have their origins in advances in synthetic chemistry and in natural products research. Both approaches to drug discovery and business have shaped patent law, as have the lobbying activities of the firms involved and their supporters in the legal profession. In turn, patent law has impacted on the life science industries. Compared to the first edition, which told this story for the first time, the present edit.
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Subject Biotechnology industries -- Law and legislation -- History.
Intellectual property (International law) -- History.
Life sciences -- Research -- History.
LAW -- Comparative.
Biotechnology industries -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst00832804
Intellectual property (International law) (OCoLC)fst00975795
Life sciences -- Research. (OCoLC)fst00998339
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9789812832276
ISBN 9789812832283 (electronic bk.)
9812832289 (electronic bk.)
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