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Intellectual Property Issues in Life Sciences : Disputes and Controversies.
Author
Keswani, Chetan
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/Created
Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
©2025.
Description
1 online resource (291 pages)
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Intellectual property
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Patents
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Related name
Possas, Cristina
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Summary note
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.
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ISBN
9781040144671
1040144675
9781040144626
1040144624
9781003405665
1003405665
OCLC
1458757236
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