The Ethics of Patenting DNA
Resources
American College of Medical Genetics
Position Statement on Gene Patents and Accessibility of Gene Testing (1999)
BioIndustry Association
BIA’s Comments on GeneWatch’s Briefing Paper No. 11 (2000)
BioIndustry Association position statement on the patenting of genes (2000)
www.bioindustry.org/index.shtml
Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee
Protection and Exploitation of Biotechnological Intellectual Property
Patenting of Higher Life Forms and Related Issues: Interim Report (2001)
A series of useful reports and research articles have also been prepared for this Project Steering Committee.
Canadian Biotechnology Advistory Committee
Clinical Molecular Genetics Society
(CMGS)
Executive Committee of the CGMS
Gene Patents and Clinical Molecular Genetic Testing in the UK. Threats, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Strengths (1999)
GeneWatch
Patenting Genes – Stifling Research and Jeopardising Healthcare (April 2001)
Human Genome Organisation
(HUGO) Ethics Committee
Statement on Benefit Sharing (2000)
Statement on Patenting of DNA Sequences (in particular response to the European Biotechnology Directive) (2000)
www.hugo-international.org/hugo/ethics.html
The Corner House
No patents on life! A briefing on the proposed EU Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions
www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/item.shtml?x=51955
Last Updated Thu, 26 August 2004