EARLY RESEARCH PATENTS MAY IMPEDE SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT, PhRMA EXEC VP BELLO SUGGESTS; NIH CONSIDERING CHALLENGE TO PTO GENE PATENTING DECISION -- VARMUS
Executive Summary
Patent law is not keeping pace with scientific developments in genetic research, and the imbalance could slow the rate of scientific development, Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America Exec VP Judith Bello suggested at a March 13 Brookings Institute/American Enterprise Institute forum on the future of biomedical research.