Book ID: CBB016823973

Bioproperty, Biomedicine and Deliberative Governance: Patents as Discourse on Life (2016)

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Biomedical patents have been the subject of heated debate. Regulatory agencies such as the European Patent Office make small decisions with big implications, which escape scrutiny and revision, when they decide who has access to expensive diagnostic tests, whether human embryonic stem cells can be traded in markets, and under what circumstances human health is more important than animal welfare. Moreover, the administration of the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights by the World Trade Organization has raised considerable disquiet as it has arguably created grave health inequities. Those doubting the merits of the one size fits all approach ask whether priority should be given to serving the present needs of populations in dire need of medication or to promoting global innovation. The book looks in detail into the legal issues and ethical debates to ask the following three main questions: First, what are the ideas, goals, and broader ethical visions that underpin questions of governance and the legal reasoning employed by administrative agencies? Second, how can we democratize the decision making process of technocratic institutions such as the European Patent Office? Finally, how can we make the global intellectual property system more equitable? In answering these questions the book seeks to contribute to our understanding of the role and function of regulatory agencies in the regulation of the bioeconomy, explains the process of interpretation of legal norms, and proposes ways to rethink the reform of the patent system through the lens of legitimacy.

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Review Joseph M. Gabriel (2016) Review of "Bioproperty, Biomedicine and Deliberative Governance: Patents as Discourse on Life". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (pp. 79-80). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Clancey, Gregory K.
Con Diaz, Gerardo
Fiorilli, Olivia
Adi Sapir
Hicks, Daniel J.
Karfakis, Nikos
Concepts
Science and politics
Patents
Intellectual property
Biomedical technology
Biomedicine
Biopolitics
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
20th century
Places
United States
Italy
Singapore
Americas
Argentina
Russia
Institutions
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
National Health Service (Great Britain)
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