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Intellectual property rights form a cornerstone of the global knowledge economy. But as the economic importance of these rights has grown, so too has controversy over their impacts on developing countries.
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Opinions and Analysis
The imperatives for traditional medicine
Integrating modern and traditional medicine requires breaking down the legal and regulatory barriers that disadvantage the poor.
Ending medical dominance over the developing world
Traditional medical cultures need a true partnership with modern medicine, say Bhushan Patwardhan, Gerard Bodeker and Darshan Shankar.
BioMed Analysis: India's patent catch-22
20 May 2010
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Policy Briefs
Bioprospecting: legitimate research or 'biopiracy'?
A growing number of critics of 'bioprospecting' complain that companies often fail to adequately compensate holders of traditional knowledge, and that patents on products developed in this way are actually a form of intellectual piracy.
What impact do IPR rules have on food security?
An important issue raised by current debates on intellectual property rights — particularly in the context of their impact on developing countries — are the consequences that legislation protecting such rights may have for food security.
1 October 2001
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News and Features
Sufferers urge progress on sickle cell drug Nicosan
As supplies of Nicosan, the Nigerian sickle cell drug, run dry, patients are growing desperate for production to resume.
Argentina wins Monsanto GM patent dispute in Europe
Monsanto's bid to thwart Argentina's sales of transgenic soya products to the EU has failed after Argentina won a legal dispute over GM patents.
Shift to applied research 'key to Africa's prosperity'
30 June 2010
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