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Fortune and Hindsight: Gene Patents’ Muted Effect on Medical Practice

Sherkow, Jacob S.; Abbott, Ryan

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/110372

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Title
Fortune and Hindsight: Gene Patents’ Muted Effect on Medical Practice
Author(s)
  • Sherkow, Jacob S.
  • Abbott, Ryan
Issue Date
2018-03-28
Keyword(s)
  • patents
  • genetics
  • medicine
  • policy
  • law
Geographic Coverage
United Kingdom
Abstract
Physicians have long worried about gene patents’ potential to restrict their medical practices. Fortune and hindsight have proven these worries exaggerated both in the UK and elsewhere. Neither current nor future medical practices appear to be impinged by gene patents, although they may be subject to future intellectual property disputes.
Publisher
British Medical Bulletin
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/110372
DOI
10.1093/bmb/ldy009

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