Purpose - Personalized medicine (PM) encompasses a set of procedures, technologies and medications; the term became more prominent from the 2000s onwards and stems from the mapping of the human genome. The purposes of this study were to analyse the development stage of the process of...

This study examines the variations within Asia of two exceptions to patent rights that are commonly justified under Article 30 of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the TRIPS Agreement), namely the research and experimentation...

This report provides an analysis of patents covering medicines in trials to treat COVID-19. The aim of the report is to support national patent offices and interested parties in developing countries with information that can serve as guidance for the examination of the claims contained in...

chapter 1 The USD{Dollar}10 Trillion Healthcare Industry’s Moneyball Moment -- chapter 2 Precision Medicine, Data-Driven Diagnosis and Treatment Precision Medicine: Welcome to the N-of-1 chapter 3 Personally Tailored Cancer Treatment -- chapter 4 Baby Testing Boom: Genomics-Based Prenatal...

1. Introduction : biomedical innovation and policy in the twenty-first century -- 2. The rise of genomics and personalized medicine -- 3. Patient narratives : personalized medicine in the field -- 4. Alliances : knowledge infrastructures and precision medicine -- 5. Great strides in precision...