Prefácio -- Politicas públicas para a biotecnologia no Brasil -- Emergência da pequena empresa de biotecnologia no Amazonas -- A trajetória do PPGBIOTEC na formação de recursos humanos em biotecnologia no Amazonas -- Expansão da fronteira agropecuária ao sul do Amazonas e o impacto na...

The Brazilian pharmaceutical industry has always been targeted by the society, due to the ethical drugs' high weight in the families' consumption budgets (especially within the poorer ones) and price raises traditionally above inflation (when the government does not run a price control). The...

The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) came into force in 1995 in the ambit of the World Trade Organization (WTO). TRIPS obliges WTO country members to adopt higher standards of patent protection and, as a consequence, increases the costs of access to...