Intellectual Property Rights and the Life Science Industries : Past, Present and Future.
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 d...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
World Scientific,
2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.