Word: patentable
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...article suggests reforming patent laws to curtail exclusive marketing rights for drugs and banning advertisements that market perscription drugs directly to patients...
...University of Pennsylvania in September 1999. He said doctors painted ?a beautiful picture? of the benefits of the treatment without a full explanation of the risks. Why? Because too often the precise protocols used in clinical trials are hidden at the insistence of drug companies eager to protect their patent rights, explained Dean Hamer, chief of the National Cancer Institute?s gene structure and regulation section. Calling for more transparency in such experimental procedures, he said there was a simple explanation for why there aren?t tougher federal regulations on informed consent: ?Just follow the money,? said Hamer...
...only our genes we are learning to play with. What if we could create mosquitoes, those flying hypodermics, that instead of spreading malaria spread a vaccine protecting humans against it? Back in 1965, scientists fused mouse and human cells. Today whole animals are being patented; pigs are bred with human cells in hope of finding a source of organ transplants for the 70,000 people on waiting lists in this country alone. And that raises the question: If an Australian biotech company creates a creature that is part human, part pig, what law would apply to it? Should a company...
Harvard University acquires the first patent for a genetically altered animal: a mouse that is highly susceptible to breast cancer...
...called vardenafil (trade name: Levitra) to market in Europe later this year. Another drug, called tadalafil (Cialis), is also being launched there. Like Viagra, these new pills facilitate an erection by trapping more blood in the penis. Pfizer, the maker of Viagra, believes both new drugs infringe on its patent. The company lost its case in Europe; another lawsuit in the U.S. is pending...