Clinical research and biomedicine - Medical research using genetic technology and the influence of the Biotechnology Directive - Biotechnology directive

3 important questions on Clinical research and biomedicine - Medical research using genetic technology and the influence of the Biotechnology Directive - Biotechnology directive

How long did it take to adopt the biotechnology directive (98/44)? And why?

It took more than 10 years.
Because of tensions between
  • the need for biotechnological developments
  • and ethical concerns

What intensified the debate on the biotechnology directive?

The Onco-mouse
  • genetically modified
  • increases the mouses' susceptibility to cancer
  • can we patent a mouse?

What is/was the controversy with patents and genetic technology?

Controversy surrounding the application of the European Patent Convention on gene technology

  • art. 53: patents shall not be granted for inventions that would be contrary to ordre public or morality

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