Biotechnology - Genomic and Proteomics/IP Profile of Associations in BGP

Report April 2009

Answer the question:

1. Are there associations in this field/market (business associations, university associations, professional associations) that are relevant for the IP debate in this field? Identify their policies, recommendations and/or best practices related to IP of their members.

Are there associations in this field/market (business associations, university associations, professional associations) that are relevant for the IP debate in this field? Identify their policies, recommendations and/or best practices related to IP of their members.

• Biotech Industry Organization
  • http://www.bio.org/
  • Generally strive for expansive IP law: http://bio.org/ip/
• BayBio: Northern California's Life Science Association
  • http://www.baybio.org/wt/page/index
  • aims to remove the double-check of product approvals between the FDA and California's Food and Drug branch
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
  • http://www.phrma.org/
  • Unsurprisingly, advocates long IP protection (http://tinyurl.com/dybgkd). Interestingly, seems to advocate narrow IP protection (http://www.innovation.org/index.cfm/InnovationToday/KeyIssues)
• New York Biotechnology Association
  • http://www.nyba.org/
  • Seems relatively quite within the IP debate, though opposes reforms that would make it more difficult for patent holders to sue generic drug makers (http://www.nyba.org/issues-initiative.php)
• Human Genome Organization (HUGO)
  • http://www.hugo-international.org/
  • Organization of scientists involved in genomic research
  • Aims to encourage data-sharing
• Human Proteome Organization (HUPO)
  • http://www.hupo.org/
  • like HUPO, aims to foster international cooperation, data-sharing

2. What is the role of Government funding in Biotech? see Government in BGP

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