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ESHG’s Gene-Patenting Guidelines Aim to
Protect Innovation and Patient Access

[April 30, 2008]

By Turna Ray

The ESHG's recommendations include establishing an ethics committee to assess the scope of patents and limit the granting of broad patents; more interaction among US, EU, and Japanese patent authorities to align their patent systems; prohibiting patents for disease genes; and promoting new models for licensing to promote research.

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