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  • The History of Accessing and Sharing Human Pathogens for Public Health Research

    Author(s)
    Rourke, M
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    Rourke, Michelle F.
    Year published
    2020
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    Abstract
    Chapter 1 explains how the history of accessing pathogens for public health research closely follows the history of accessing other (non-pathogenic) genetic resources for all forms of biological research. The genetic resources that were previously considered to be the common heritage of humankind are now subject to (sometimes conflicting) claims of intellectual property protections and sovereign rights. The result is the enclosure of pathogens in legal schemes that have increased costs and created delays in accessing the pathogen samples that are vital to conducting infectious disease surveillance, pharmaceutical research ...
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    Chapter 1 explains how the history of accessing pathogens for public health research closely follows the history of accessing other (non-pathogenic) genetic resources for all forms of biological research. The genetic resources that were previously considered to be the common heritage of humankind are now subject to (sometimes conflicting) claims of intellectual property protections and sovereign rights. The result is the enclosure of pathogens in legal schemes that have increased costs and created delays in accessing the pathogen samples that are vital to conducting infectious disease surveillance, pharmaceutical research and development, and informing the public health response to outbreaks. While the validity of gene patents (and therefore patents claiming the genomes of pathogens or part thereof) are now in question, access to pathogens is still encumbered by an increasingly complex set of access and benefit-sharing laws that vary across domestic jurisdictions. This chapter examines these historical developments, explaining how pathogens were eventually captured by a regulation that was originally designed as an environmental conservation mechanism, and the impacts of “hyperownership” on accessing pathogen samples for public health research.
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    Book Title
    Viral Sovereignty and Technology Transfer: The Changing Global System for Sharing Pathogens for Public Health Research
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108676076.003
    Subject
    Environmental and resources law
    International and comparative law
    Public health
    access-and-benefit sharing
    common heritage
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    Nagoya Protocol
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/398385
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