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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450190803321

Autore

Sampath Padmashree Gehl

Titolo

Regulating bioprospecting [[electronic resource] ] : institutions for drug research, access, and benefit-sharing / / Padmashree Gehl Sampath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, 2005

ISBN

92-808-7091-2

1-4237-6606-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

344.04/233

Soggetti

Drugs

Genes

Drugs - Testing - Law and legislation

Genetic engineering - Law and legislation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-267) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Bioprospecting for drug research : an overview -- Drug R&D and the structure of the industry -- International policy dimensions of bioprospecting -- Transaction costs and their impact on the market for bioprospecting -- Intellectual property rights on traditional medicinal knowledge : a process oriented perspective -- The scope of the right to regulate access.

Sommario/riassunto

Bioprospecting, or the search for useful biochemical compounds and genes in nature, has been the focus of international negotiations for more than a decade, yet the debate on the terms for access to genetic resources, traditional knowledge and benefit-sharing is far from settled.This book examines the optimal property rights structures and institutional mechanisms for regulating bioprospecting for drug research. Focusing on the economics of contracts, it shows that the rights exchanged are complementary at each stage of drug discovery and the development of genetic resources.Defining and enfor