Intellectual Property Issues in Life Sciences : Disputes and Controversies.

Author
Keswani, Chetan [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
  • Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
  • ©2025.
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This book presents expert opinions by frontier academicians, researchers, and attorneys on the recent challenges in the rapidly evolving life science industry.
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Contents
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Editors
  • List of Contributors
  • 1 The Need for Global Regulation of Gene Editing in the Wake of CRISPR-Cas9
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.1.1 Breakthrough Technology
  • 1.1.2 Bioethical and Human Rights Concerns About Gene Editing
  • 1.1.3 The Importance of Continued Research
  • 1.2 National Innovation Frameworks and IP Regimes
  • 1.2.1 United States
  • 1.2.2 European Union
  • 1.2.2.1 The Oviedo Convention
  • 1.2.2.2 EU Biotechnology Directive
  • 1.2.2.3 Intellectual Property Barriers in the EU
  • 1.2.2.4 Implementation By Select European Countries
  • 1.2.3 China
  • 1.3 Global Harmonization and Policy Recommendations
  • Notes
  • 2 IP Flexibilization for Accelerating the Achievement of the UN 2030 Agenda: Lessons From AIDS Programs in Brazil, India, Thailand, and Indonesia
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Conceptual Framework
  • 2.3 IP Flexibilities and Licensing Agreements
  • 2.4 Legal and Trade Disputes
  • 2.5 Compulsory Licensing: Impact On Prices and Access
  • 2.6 Lessons: Brazil, India, Thailand, and Indonesia
  • 2.6.1 Brazil
  • 2.6.2 India
  • 2.6.3 Thailand
  • 2.6.4 Indonesia
  • 2.7 Lessons: Positive Impacts and Difficulties
  • 2.8 The Medicine Patent Pool: Generic Competition and Voluntary Licensing
  • 2.9 UN 2030 Unfinished Agenda for HIV/AIDS: Challenges
  • 2.10 IP Into Epidemic Preparedness: Need for Integrated Policies
  • 2.11 Final Considerations
  • References
  • 3 Cancer Drug Patent Disputes: Balancing Innovation, Access, and Ethics
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 The Patent System and Cancer Drug Innovation
  • 3.2.1 Patent System and Drug Development
  • 3.2.2 How the Patent System Drives Innovation in Cancer Drugs
  • 3.2.3 Access to Cancer Drugs and Patent Protection.
  • 3.2.3.1 Patent-Induced Price Inflation and Its Impediments to the Accessibility of Cancer Drugs
  • 3.2.3.2 Compulsory Licensing and Parallel Importation
  • 3.2.3.3 Generic and Biosimilar Cancer Drugs
  • 3.2.4 Ethical Issues in Cancer Drug Patent Disputes
  • 3.2.4.1 Balancing Profit and Public Health
  • 3.2.4.2 Ethical Challenges in Patenting Medicine
  • 3.2.4.3 Patient Advocacy and Access to Essential Medication
  • 3.2.5 Strategies to Balance Innovation and Access
  • 3.2.5.1 Tiered Pricing and Differential Pricing Strategies
  • 3.2.5.2 Public Private Partnerships and Nonprofit Drug Development
  • 3.2.6 The World Trade Organization and TRIPS Agreement
  • 3.3 Conclusion
  • 4 Patent Disputes and Access to COVID-19 Vaccines: Structural Heterogeneity and Lessons for Disease X Preparedness
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Licensing in Technology Transfer Agreements: LAC and Africa
  • 4.3 COVID-19: Global IP-Related Initiatives
  • 4.3.1 COVAX Facility: Vaccine Support of ACT Accelerator
  • 4.3.2 WHO Initiatives
  • 4.3.2.1 MRNA Vaccines Hub: Afrigen and Other Countries
  • 4.3.2.2 WHO COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (WHO C-TAP)
  • 4.3.2.3 Genetic Sequences of Viral Samples Shared Openly Worldwide
  • 4.3.2.4 Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A)
  • 4.3.2.5 COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership
  • 4.3.2.6 COVAX Manufacturing Task Force
  • 4.3.2.7 WHO Emergency Use Listing
  • 4.3.3 WTO Initiatives
  • 4.3.4 WIPO Initiatives
  • 4.3.4.1 WIPO COVID-19 Response Package
  • 4.3.5 Government and Intergovernmental Initiatives
  • 4.3.5.1 United States
  • 4.3.5.2 European Commission
  • 4.3.6 International Partnerships and Organizations
  • 4.3.6.1 Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
  • 4.3.6.2 The World Bank
  • 4.4 IP Governance for Disease X Preparedness: An Urgent Issue.
  • 4.4.1 Disease X Pandemic: How Devastating Could It Be?
  • 4.4.2 Vaccine Development: Challenges and Bottlenecks for a Disease X Pandemic
  • 4.5 Conclusion and Future Trends
  • 5 Analysis of Factors Associated With Patent Quality in Tissue Engineering
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Tissue Engineering and Patent Analysis
  • 5.3 Methodology
  • 5.4 Discussion and Analysis of Results
  • 5.5 Conclusions
  • 6 Vaccine Preparedness for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Innovation and Intellectual Property Issues
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Conceptual Framework and Overview
  • 6.3 Materials and Methods
  • 6.3.1 Launched HPAI Vaccines (Cortellis Drug Discovery Intelligence - CDDI)
  • 6.3.2 Technological Analysis of Human Vaccines From Patent Applied Documents (Derwent Innovation)
  • 6.3.3 Universal Influenza Vaccines
  • 6.4 Results
  • 6.4.1 Launched HPAI Vaccines
  • 6.4.1.1 Flublok® Quadrivalent (Launched in 2017: USA)
  • 6.4.1.2 AdimFlu-S® (QIS) - Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Launched in 2017 in Taiwan)
  • 6.4.1.3 VaxigripTetra®: Quadrivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (Launched in 2017 in Europe)
  • 6.4.1.4 Grippol® Quadrivalent: Quadrivalent Inactivated Subunit Adjuvanted Influenza Vaccine (Launched in 2018 in Russian Federation)
  • 6.4.2 Patent Landscape - Human Vaccines
  • 6.4.2.1 Institute of Experimental Medicine (Russian Federation)
  • 6.4.2.2 Sanofi (From France)
  • 6.4.2.3 Janssen (From US)
  • 6.4.2.4 Seqirus UK Limited (From United Kingdom)
  • 6.4.3 Universal Influenza Vaccines
  • 6.5 Discussion
  • 6.5.1 Vaccine Scale-Up: Bottlenecks
  • 6.5.2 Applicants' Strategies
  • 6.5.3 Technological Issues: MRNA and Universal Vaccines
  • 6.5.4 Human and Veterinary Vaccines: One Health
  • 6.6 Conclusion: Vaccine Preparedness
  • References.
  • 7 Intellectual Property Issues in Life Sciences: Contemporary Challenges and Considerations
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Laboratory-Based Molecular Biology Techniques
  • 7.3 Publicly Available Datasets
  • 7.4 The Big Data Revolution Comes With Issues
  • 7.5 Conclusion
  • 8 Navigating Regulatory Challenges and Intellectual Property Rights for Gene-Edited Crops: Implications for Plant Breeders, Farmers, and Consumers in a Changing Climate
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Navigating the Global Regulatory Landscape for Gene-Edited Products
  • 8.3 Defining the Regulatory Status of Gene-Edited Crops and Governance Issues
  • 8.4 Gene-Edited Crops and IPR Complexity
  • 8.5 Conclusion
  • Note
  • 9 IP Rights and Food
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Gene Patenting
  • 9.3 Climate-Ready Genes
  • 9.4 Gene Editing
  • 9.5 Industry Consolidation
  • 9.6 Compulsory Licensing
  • 9.7 Open-Source Biotechnology
  • 9.8 Public Agricultural Research
  • 10 Patents in Microbial β-Glucans and Pigments: Potential Commercial Products
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Microbial β-Glucans
  • 10.3 Industrial Applications of Beta-Glucan
  • 10.3.1 Food Industry
  • 10.3.2 Pharmaceutical and Medical Industry
  • 10.3.2.1 β-Glucan Application in Cancer Therapy
  • 10.3.2.2 β-Glucans Used in Drug Formulation
  • 10.3.3 β-Glucan in Immunotherapy
  • 10.3.4 β-Glucan Application in Cosmetics
  • 10.4 Microbial Pigments
  • 10.5 Biopigment Applications
  • 10.5.1 Food Industry
  • 10.5.2 Biopigment Application in the Medical and Pharmaceutical Fields
  • 10.5.3 Biopigment Application in Cosmetics
  • 11 Menthol: The Story of a Plant-Derived Molecule Through the Patents
  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 A Scientific Overview of Menthol
  • 11.3 The Country-Wise Market Analysis of Menthol-Based Products.
  • 11.4 Analysis of the Patent Data for Menthol and Its Derivatives
  • 11.4.1 First Menthol and Its Derivative-Related Patent
  • 11.4.2 Patent Documents and Publication Date
  • 11.4.3 Inventors and Applicants
  • 11.4.4 Patent Jurisdictions
  • 11.4.5 International Patent Classifications
  • 11.5 Future Trends and Recommendations
  • 11.6 Conclusions
  • 12 Technology Transfer in the Field of Biotechnology: Concepts, Actors, Models, and Processes
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 Elements, Models, and Technology Transfer Processes
  • 12.3 Actors and Dynamics in Technology Transfer
  • 12.4 Technology Transfer and Biotechnology
  • 12.5 Methodological Approach
  • 12.6 Conclusion
  • Index.
ISBN
  • 9781040144671
  • 1040144675
  • 9781040144626
  • 1040144624
  • 9781003405665
  • 1003405665
OCLC
1458757236
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