Identity, invention, and the culture of personalized medicine patenting / Shubha Ghosh, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Law.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ghosh, Shubha, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical laws and legislation.

Patent laws and legislation.

Biotechnology--Patents.

Biotechnology.

Biotechnology--Law and legislation.

Pharmacogenetics.

Personality (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Identity, Invention, & the Culture of Personalized Medicine Patenting

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What are the normative implications of patenting in the area of personalized medicine? As patents on genes and medical diagnoses have increased over the past decade, this question lies at the intersection of intellectual property theory, identity politics, biomedical ethics and constitutional law. These patents are part of the personalized medicine industry, which develops medical treatments tailored to individuals based on race and other characteristics. This book provides an overview of developments in personalized medicine patenting and suggests policies to best regulate such patents.

Contents:

Persons and patents

Start-ups, up-starts, and markets for personalized medicine

The case of race-specific patents

Normative construction of identity

Persons, patents, and policy

A business, a litigant, a metaphor : the future of personalized medicine patents.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-88841-2

1-139-56424-2

1-139-54943-X

1-283-61053-1

1-139-55068-3

9786613922984

0-511-99763-9

1-139-55564-2

1-139-55439-5

1-139-55193-0

OCLC:

811502349