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9789280811124

Regulating Bioprospecting

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  • ISBN13:

    9789280811124

  • ISBN10:

    9280811126

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-06-01
  • Publisher: United Nations Univ

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Summary

Biodiversity prospecting or 'bioprospecting' refers to the process of searching for potentially valuable genetic resources and biochemical compounds in nature. This issue has been the subject of international negotiations for more than a decade, and this publication examines property rights structures and institutional mechanisms for regulating bioprospecting for drug research, focusing on the contractual complexities involved. Issues discussed include: the structure of the drug industry for RandD; the international legal framework, including the legal provisions of the CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) and the TRIPS Agreement; transaction costs and their impact on the market; defining an intellectual property right on traditional medicinal knowledge; and the scope of the right to regulate access.

Author Biography

Padmashree Gehl Sampath is a Researcher at the United Nations University Institute for New Technologies (UNU-INTECH) Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations ix
Acknowledgements xi
Bioprospecting for Drug Research: An overview
1(11)
Drug R&D and the structure of the industry
12(22)
International policy dimensions of bioprospecting
34(29)
Transaction costs and their impact on the market for bioprospecting
63(39)
Intellectual property rights on traditional medicinal knowledge: A process oriented perspective
102(25)
The scope of the right to regulate access
127(35)
Conclusions and recommendations
162(6)
Appendix I 168(13)
Appendix II 181(32)
Appendix III 213(38)
References 251(17)
Index 268

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