Access to human genetic resources
materials from a transnational stakeholder dialogue
Access to human genetic resources: materials from a transnational stakeholder dialogue
Abstract: "This report summarizes deliberations over the Access to Human Genetic Resources held during a stakeholder dialogue process launched by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in 2001/2002. The dialogue process was...
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Abstract: "This report summarizes deliberations over the Access to Human Genetic Resources held during a stakeholder dialogue process launched by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in 2001/2002. The dialogue process was designed to explore options of companies to address contested issues of intellectual property in their business strategies. To that end, companies were exposed to the concerns of stakeholders and urged to define responses to these concerns. The project involved major companies and transnational non-governmental organizations as well as renowned experts in the field of intellectual property rights. This paper briefly sketches the project and the process of the dialogue. The products of the process are the opinions, both concurring and dissenting, that the participants reached on the access to human genetic resources, subsumed in the final report to the WBCSD that emerged from the project. This paper also reviews documents (Circulars) from the procee
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