Biotechnology ethical issues

This high attrition rate, particularly during late preclinical and clinical development, carries a large price tag for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, which is carried over to health care providers. In addition, compounds which qualify for clinical use but fail due to safety matters raise serious ethical issues and questions concerning the responsibility and competence of the industry and registration authorities. 

Harlander. S. "Social, Moral, and Ethical Issues in Food Biotechnology," Food Technology. 152 iMuv 19911. 

The modem advances of biotechnology create numerous ethical issues. Care should be taken in relating directly the therapy type and the ethical issue. Moreover, ethical standards vary among highly respected experts . Indeed, it can be said that, to some extent, everyone is an ethicist, and those involved in biological product development certainly should be. 

Patents in the Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Industry Legal and Ethical Issues... 

This chapter will provide the reader with an overview of patenting in the pharmaceutical biotechnology industry and summarize some of the key legal and ethical issues related to the patenting of biomedical products and processes. It will examine the legal aspects of patenting before considering the ethical and policy issues. This essay will focus primarily on the U S patent laws, which are very similar to the European patent laws. The essay will note some differences between the US and European laws, and it will mention some relevant international intellectual property treaties. 

A clear statement of the E.U. s opinions on some ethical issues in biotechnology. European Commission, Opinions of the Group of Advisors on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology of the European Commission, European Commission, Bmssels, 1998. 

In this textbook, you will find updated facts and figures about the biotech industry, product approvals, and discussions of how biotechnology is applied in human and animal health care, and in industrial and environmental processes. We address how biotech is being employed in national security efforts as well as the ethical issues that are frequently debated when people discuss the use of biotechnology in health sciences. 

To increase awareness of, and contribute to the debate on, the ethical issues arising from paediatric drug research and use (including off-label and unlicensed use), and the extended use of biotechnology for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. 

Parekh, Sarad R. The GMO Handbook Genetically Modified Animals, Microbes, and Plants in Biotechnology. Totowa, N.J. Humana Press, 2004. A collection of papers including an overview, a chapter on biosafety and ethical issues, and a chapter dealing specifically with food plants. 

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