Posts Tagged ‘patent’

Biotechnology in Countries Starting with “I” – Part 14: India

PM Modi at India Science Congress (2020)

Earlier this month, I wrote here about the flowering of Israel’s innovative biotechnology sector over the past ten years following adoption of important IP reforms.  Now  I am returning to India, to consider the revolutionary mind shift on the key role of effective intellectual property (IP)  for creation of social and economic value.  Like Israel’s transition from a […]


Navigating the patentability of stem cells

This is a guest post from the BiotechBlog Intern, Fintan Burke. Fintan is a student at the School of Biotechnology at Dublin City University. Do you have a response to Fintan’s post? Respond in the comments section below. In Europe the 1998 EU Biotechnology directive (98/44/EC) states that Totipotent stem cells (stem cells that develop […]


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