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2005  
Jul. 2005 Study on the breadth of human gene patents granted by the CIPO, the EPO, and the USPTO: Science Metrix Final Report

Prepared by: David Campbell, M.Sc. and Stéphane Bergeron, Ph.D.

PDF Document (Size: 842 KB)
Jun. 2005 Canadian Views on Patenting Biotechnology

Prepared by: Edna F. Einsiedel, Ph.D. and Julie A. Smith, The University of Calgary

PDF Document (Size: 157 KB)
May 2005 Copyrighting Science: Canadian Copyright Reform and the Future of Scientific Research

Prepared by: Professor Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law

PDF Document (Size: 176 KB)
Feb. 2005 A Comparison of the Functioning of the Canadian and other Patent Regimes

Prepared by: Euan Taylor, B.A., LLB., Ph.D., Registered Patent Agent

PDF Document (Size: 548 KB)
Jan. 2005 Genetic Patents and Health Care in Canada: An International Comparison of the Patent Regimes of Canada and its Major Trading Partners
Final Report

Prepared by the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy, McGill University

PDF Document (Size: 348 KB)


2004  
Feb. 2004 Biobank Research: The Conflict Between Privacy and Access Made Explicit

Prepared by: Michael Yeo

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 210 KB)


2003  
Sep. 2003 Population Biobanking in Canada: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues

Prepared by: Lorraine Sheremeta

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 242 KB)
Aug. 2003 Genetic Patents and Health: Recent Policy Discussions

Prepared by: E. Richard Gold

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 61 KB)
July 2003 Regulatory Regimes for the Safety and Efficacy of Biotechnological Health Products: Changing Pressures, Products and Processes

Prepared by: G. Bruce Doern

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 179 KB)
Mar. 2003 Whose Genes, Whose Safe, How Safe? Publics' and Professionals' Views of Biobanks

Prepared by: Edna Einsiedel

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 134 KB)
Mar. 2003 Biotechnology Innovations and Institutional Transformations in Health: Issues in Public/Population Health — A Summary and Synthesis with Recommendations

Prepared by: Daryl Pullman

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 79 KB)
Mar. 2003 Survey of National Approaches to the Development of Population Biobanks — Background Paper

Prepared by: Mylène Deschênes and Geneviève Cardinal

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 332 KB)
Feb. 2003 Biobanks, Research and Privacy: Overview of Canadian Legislation

Prepared by: Patricia Kosseim

PDF Document (Size: 1524 KB)


2002  
Aug. 2002 Human Gene Patents: Recent Developments

Prepared by: E. Richard Gold

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 23 KB)


2001  
Jun. 2001 Secondary Analysis of Public Opinion

PDF Document (Size: 132 KB)
Mar. 2001 European Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions: History, Implementation, and Lessons for Canada

Prepared by: Dr. Richard Gold and Alain Gallochat

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 144 KB)
Mar. 2001 Impetus for and Potential of Alternative Mechanisms for the Protection of Biotechnological Innovations

Prepared by: Pat Roy Mooney

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 517 KB)
Mar. 2001 Innovation in the Livestock Industry: Implications for Animal Genetic Improvement Programs

Prepared by: Dr. Robert Kemp

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 174 KB)
Mar. 2001 Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology: The Economic Argument

Prepared by: Ronald Hirshhorn and Jock Langford

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 237 KB)
Mar. 2001 Transforming Agriculture: The Benefits and Costs of Genetically Modified Crops

Prepared by: Murray Fulton, Hartley Furtan, Dustin Gosnell, Richard Gray, Jill Hobbs, Jeff Holzman, Bill Kerr, Jodi McNaughten, Jan Stevens, and Derek Stovin

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 622 KB)
Feb. 2001 Of Volume, Depth and Speed: The Challenges of Genetic Information

Prepared by: Trudo Lemmens and Lisa Austin

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 154 KB)
Feb. 2001 Human Rights Issues in Patenting of Higher Life Forms - The Role of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Prepared by: Barbara von Tigerstrom

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 198 KB)
Feb. 2001 Human Rights Issues Related to the Patenting of Human Biological Material

Prepared by: Barbara von Tigerstrom

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 393 KB)
Feb. 2001 Impact of Canada's Patent System and Public Sector Technology Transfer System on the Growth of the Biotechnology Industry in Canada

Prepared by: Thomas Clarke

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 173 KB)
Feb. 2001 Interface of Biotechnology Patents and Competition Law

PDF Document (Size: 58 KB)
Feb. 2001 Patenting Life Forms: An International Comparison

Prepared by: Dr. Richard Gold

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 117 KB)
Feb. 2001 Patenting of Higher Life Forms and Human Biological Materials: An Introduction to the Issues

Prepared by: Ted Schrecker and Alex Wellington

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 102 KB)
Jan. 2001 Stem Cells: Opportunities and Challenges

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 88 KB)
Jan. 2001 Towards an Adequate Ethical Framework for Setting Biotechnology Policy

Prepared by: Susan Sherwin

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 149 KB)
Jan. 2001 Comparative Primordial Stem Cell Regulation: Canadian Policy Options

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 219 KB)
Jan. 2001 Brief History of the Canadian Patent System

Prepared by: Vic Duy

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 105 KB)
Jan. 2001 Intellectual Property Protection for Biological Innovations

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 72 KB)


2000  
Dec. 2000 International Comparison of Regulatory Frameworks for Food Products of Biotechnology

Prepared by: Donald J. MacKenzie

PDF Document (Size: 227 KB)
Dec. 2000 Policy Options for Reconciling Science-Based Considerations and Broader Socio-economic Issues in Regulating the Products of Biotechnology - An addendum to International Approaches to Non-Science Issues in Regulating the Products of Biotechnology

Prepared by: Ozzie Silverman

PDF Document (Size: 44 KB)
Dec. 2000 Patents in Genes

Prepared by: E. Richard Gold

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 58 KB)
Dec. 2000 Status Report and Commentary on the International Debate Over the Precautionary Principle

Prepared by: Marc Saner

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 32 KB)
Nov. 2000 Biotechnology, Ethics and Government - A Synthesis

Prepared by: Michael McDonald, PhD

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 123 KB)
Nov. 2000 Analysis of Relevant Canadian Legislation

Prepared by: Donald J. MacKenzie

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 234 KB)
Nov. 2000 Inside the Canadian Biotechnology Regulatory System: A Closer Exploratory Look

Prepared by: G. Bruce Doern

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 254 KB)
Nov. 2000 International Approaches to Non-Science Issues in Regulating the Products of Biotechnology

Prepared by: Ozzie Silverman

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 433 KB)
Nov. 2000 Labelling of GMO Products: Strategic Trade Policy Considerations for Canada

Prepared by: Ramesh Chaitoo and Michael Hart

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 183 KB)
Nov. 2000 Regulators and Promoters of Genetically Modified Foods in the Government of Canada: An Organizational and Policy Analysis

Prepared by: Michael Prince

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 339 KB)
Oct. 2000 Genetics, Privacy and Discrimination

Prepared by: Eugene Oscapella

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 87 KB)
Oct. 2000 Food and Agricultural Biotechnology: Incorporating Ethical Considerations

Prepared by: Paul Thompson

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 136 KB)
Oct. 2000 Meeting the Public's Need for Information on Biotechnology

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 2393 KB)
Jul. 2000 International Initiatives Respecting Scientific Assessment of Safety of Genetically Modified Crops and Food

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 17 KB)
Mar. 2000 Alternatives to the Use of Animals for Research, Testing and as Sources of Bioengineered Products

PDF Document (Size: 73 KB)
Mar. 2000 Economic Profile of the Biotechnology Sector

Prepared by: Kenneth White

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 360 KB)
Mar. 2000 Use of Animals in Scientific Research and as Sources of Bioengineered Products

Prepared by: Dr. Clément Gauthier and Dr. Gilly Griffin

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 357 KB)


1999  
Jun. 1999 Patenting of Biotechnological Innovations Concerning Animals and Human Beings

Prepared by: Ted Schrecker and Alex Wellington

HTML Page | PDF Document (Size: 1284 KB)
Sept. 1999 Towards a Coherent Ethics Framework for Biotechnology in Canada

Prepared by: Derek J. Jones, JD

PDF Document (Size: 166 KB)


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