The Commercialization of Genetic Research

by Caulfield, Timothy A.; Williams-Jones, Bryn

• ISBN13: 9780306462870
• ISBN10: 0306462877
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Plenum Pub Corp

Summary

This volume examines the ethical, legal, and policy issues associated with the commercialization of genetic research and will be of interest to the academic community (law, ethics, medicine and genetics) and the biotechnology industry, as well as those actively involved in genetic research. The linkage between industry and human genetics has given rise to numerous issues associated with the commercialization process. The topics covered will include commercialization and the university, commercialization and patents, clones and xenotransplants, the public perception of genetics, the role of the media, commercialization, confidentiality, and conflicts of interest, regulating the commercial environment, and the role of research ethics boards.

Table of Contents

Biotechnology: Sovereignty and Sharing	1	(12)
Bartha Maria Knoppers
National Policies Influencing Innovation based on Human Genetics	13	(16)
Robert Mullan Cook-Deegan
Transformation of a Research Platform into Commercial Products: The Impact of United States Federal Policy on Biotechnology	29	(26)
Michael J. Malinowski
Nick Littlefield
Intellectural Poperty Rights and the Human Genome	55	(8)
Sandy M. Thomas
Making Room: Reintegrating Basic Research, Health Policy, and Ethics into patent Law	63	(16)
E. Richard Gold
Conflict of Interest and Commercialization of Biomedical Research: What is the Role of Research Ethics Review?	79	(22)
Kathleen Cranley Glass
Trudo Lemmens
Scientific Journals and Their Authors' Financial Interets: A Pilot Study	101	(10)
S. Krimsky
L. S. Rothenbeg
P. Stott
G. Kyle
The Icelandic Health Sector Database: Legal and Ethical Considerations	111	(18)
Linda Nielsen
Xenotransplantation: Science, Risk and International Regulatory Efforts	129	(28)
Abdallah S. Daar
Cloning, God, Hitler and Mad Scientists: Arguments Used by the Public in the Cloning Debate on the Internet	157	(14)
Darren Shickle
Patients' and Professionals' Views on Autonomy, Disability, and ``Discrimination'' Results of a 36-Nation Survey	171	(10)
Dorothy C. Wertz
Marketing and Fear Mongering: Time to Try Private Genetic Services?	181	(14)
Michael M. Burgess
Contributors	195	(4)
Index	199