Padmashree Gehl Sampath

Regulating Bioprospecting: Institutions for Drug Research, Access and Benefit Sharing Padmashree Gehl Sampath

Bioprospecting, or the search for useful biochemical compounds and genes in nature, has been the focus of international negotiations for more than a decade, yet the debate on the terms for access to genetic resources, traditional knowledge and benefit to sharing is far from settled. This book examines the optimal property rights structures and institutional mechanisms for regulating bioprospecting for drug research.