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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820849203321

Autore

Dutfield Graham

Titolo

Intellectual property rights and the life science industries : a twentieth century history / / Graham Dutfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009

ISBN

1-282-44163-9

9786612441639

981-283-228-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (429 p.)

Disciplina

340.2

Soggetti

Biotechnology industries - Law and legislation - History

Intellectual property (International law) - History

Life sciences - Research - History

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 (363-395) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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