Patents, Biomedical Research, and Treatment: Examining Concerns, Canvassing Solutions
By Josephine Johnston and Angela A. Wasunna
Are biomedical patents inappropriate, ineffective, or even harmful to innovation and access, or are they vital to achieving these goals? A new special report from The Hastings Center examines the debates over patenting biomedical research and treatments, focusing on how those debates play out in the patenting of inventions involving genes and stem cells and the patenting of drugs for HIV/AIDS. It concludes with a comprehensive review of laws, policies, and practices that aim to preserve or create incentives for innovation in biomedicine, promote further research, and provide access to treatments.
Patents, Biomedical Research, and Treatment is available free, in PDF format, on the Hastings Center web site (Site registration is required.) Print copies can be purchased for $15 each through the Publications Department. Please call 845 424-4040 ext.234.
This report is the product of a Hastings Center project funded by Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan.
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