Intellectual property rights and the life science industries [[electronic resource] ] : a twentieth century history / / Graham Dutfield
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| Autore: |
Dutfield Graham
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| Titolo: |
Intellectual property rights and the life science industries [[electronic resource] ] : a twentieth century history / / Graham Dutfield
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| Pubblicazione: | Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 340.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Biotechnology industries - Law and legislation - History |
| Intellectual property (International law) - History | |
| Life sciences - Research - History | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Intellectual property rights and the life science industries |
| ISBN: | 1-282-44163-9 |
| 9786612441639 | |
| 981-283-228-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820849203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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