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

• Autore: Sampath Padmashree Gehl
• Pubblicazione: Tokyo ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 344.04/233
• Soggetto topico: Drugs; Genes; Drugs - Testing - Law and legislation; Genetic engineering - Law and legislation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Regulating bioprospecting
• ISBN: 92-808-7091-2; 1-4237-6606-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450190803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II