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= Research Question:=

# 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/ http://bio.org/ip/]
* BayBio: Northern California's Life Science Association
** [http://www.baybio.org/wt/page/index 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/ 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 http://www.innovation.org/index.cfm/InnovationToday/KeyIssues])
* New York Biotechnology Association
** [http://www.nyba.org/ 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 http://www.nyba.org/issues-initiative.php])
* Human Genome Organization (HUGO)
** [http://www.hugo-international.org/ 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/ 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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