Technology transfer in biotechnology: a global perspective

"With technology changing rapidly to our benefit, we need to be able to transfer these skills to various aspects of our lives." "Here, the world's top experts impart their knowledge and experience, many in print for the first time. By considering developing country markets, this book is the first truly global guide to technology transfer, helping companies all around the world to avoid costly mistakes in product development and to recover investments quickly. Individual sections treat trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights, technology transfer in health and healthcare as well as in agriculture and the environment."

Defining the future : emerging issues in biotechnology, intellectual property rights and technology transfer / Prabuddha Ganguli, Ben Prickril, and Rita Khanna -- Technology transfers in Europe within the life sciences / Jacques Warcoin -- Technology transfer at the National Institutes of Health / Mark L. Rohrbaugh and Brian R. Stanton -- Current intellectual property management situation in Japan / Yukiko Nishimura and Katsuya Tamai -- Technology transfer in China / Jianyang Yu -- Technology transfer in Latin-America / Claudia Ines Chamas -- Technology transfer in agricultural biotechnology : impact of applied plant sciences on industry / Marc Cornelissen and Michiel M. van Lookeren Campagne -- Technology transfer issues in biotechnology : the industry point of view / Florent Gros -- A quarter century of technology transfer in US universities and research institutions / Lita Nelsen -- Technology transfer issues in biotechnology : the future of global health networks / Gerald T. Keusch and Ashley J. Stevens -- Biotechnology in the midst of a global transformation / G. Steven Burrill -- Technology transfer in biotechnology, international framework and impact / Carlos M. Correa.