Current methods of genome editing have been steadily realising the once remote possibilities making effective and realistic genetic changes to humans, animals plants. To underpin this, only 6 years passed between Charpentier Doudna’s 2012 CRISPR-Cas9 paper first confirmed (more or less) case gene-edited humans. While traditional legislative regulatory approach governments international bodies i...

I n recent years, globalization has forced a deeper appreciation of the relationship between intellectual property (IP) law and global health. The threat of an emergent avian bird fl u pandemic led to calls for Roche to relax patent restrictions on oseltamivir, a drug with potential effi cacy against bird infl uenza [1,2]. In the context of the fall 2001 anthrax attacks, the US government faced...

The research focuses on the intellectual property developments made by member states of GCC and how development subsequent deployment, can act as a catalyst for financial prosperity. main purpose is to analyse examine provisions currently in existence within GCC. aim provide recommendations improve current level protection at both national state through an integrated model. There have been thre...

This paper explores intellectual property and access to essential medicines in the context of coronavirus COVID-19 public health crisis. It considers policy solutions counteract vaccine nationalism profiteering by pharmaceutical companies developers. campaign for development a People's Vaccine led People’s Alliance, UNAIDS, Oxfam Public Citizen. The WHO has established ACT Accelerator order boo...

Since 1996, when antiretroviral (ARV) treatments started being guaranteed to people living with HIV in Brazil, the government has faced the challenge of ensuring sustainability of this policy within a context of incorporating patented medicines. This article sought to analyze the historical series of the price of lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) in Brazil and in the international market also conside...

Introduction Exploitation and Monopoly of Cloned DNA Sequences Anticipated Benefits of Transgenesis Reservations Concerning Transgenesis Defense of Human Germ Line Intervention Autonomy and Patent Claims Against Parents and Children Distributive Justice and Patent Claims on Extracorporeal Compounds Product Patents on Human DNA Sequences Isolation-Purification Rationale for DNA Product Patents U...

NURSES ARE being urged to back a campaign to make first aid compulsory in all state-funded secondary schools.