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Access and Benefits Sharing of Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge in Northern Canada: Understanding the Legal Environment and Creating Effective Research Agreements
Download2014-10-24
Guebert, Jenilee, Bubela, Tania, Jardine, Cynthia, Geary, Janis
Background. Research in northern Canada focused on Aboriginal peoples has historically benefited academia with little consideration for the people being researched or their traditional knowledge (TK). Although this attitude is changing, the complexity of TK makes it difficult to develop...
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2014
Obesity is a national and global issue. Primary care is an important area in the prevention and treatment of obesity. There are numerous potential barriers physicians face in delivering effective practices in obesity management. Identifying major barriers will aid health care systems, medical...
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Challenges for Intellectual Property Management of HIV Vaccine-Related Research and Development: Part 1, The Global Context
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The HIV/AIDS pandemic is one of the defining issues of the 21st century. AIDS is the leading cause of death in Africa and the fourth-leading cause of death globally. UNAIDS estimated that 33.2 million people were living with HIV in 2007. More than twenty million people have already died from AIDS...
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Challenges for Intellectual Property Management of HIV Vaccine-Related Research and Development: Part 2, The Canadian Context
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Patten, San, Bubela, Tania, Knowles, Lori
This paper builds upon the key issues identified in Part One of this series of two papers on“Challenges for Intellectual Property Management of HIV Vaccine-Related Research and Development” [hereinafter, Part One]. Following that review of the global literature and consultations with...
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Evaluating the Improving Mother and Newborn Health initiative: Are community midwives increasing quality essential newborn and maternal care in Quetta, Gwadar, and Kech districts in Balochistan and are they doing so in a financially self-sustaining manner?
Evaluating the Improving Mother and Newborn Health initiative: Are community midwives increasing quality essential newborn and maternal care in Quetta, Gwadar, and Kech districts in Balochistan and are they doing so in a financially self-sustaining manner?
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A research proposal submitted to MercyCorps Pakistan in response to written request for proposals (three different methods that can be used)
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Herbal Remedy Clinical Trials in the Media: a Comparison with the Coverage of Conventional Pharmaceuticals
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Boon, Heather, Caulfield, Timothy, Bubela, Tania
Background This study systematically compares newspaper coverage of clinical trials for herbal remedies, a popular type of complementary and alternative medicine, with clinical trials for pharmaceuticals using a comparative content analysis. This is a timely inquiry given the recognized...
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Is Belief Larger than Fact: Expectations, Optimism and Reality for Translational Stem Cell Research
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Atkins, Harold, D Li, Matthew, Bubela, Tania, Bieber, Mark, Hafez, Mohamed
Background Stem cell (SC) therapies hold remarkable promise for many diseases, but there is a significant gulf between public expectations and the reality of progress toward clinical application. Public expectations are fueled by stakeholder arguments for research and public funding, coupled with...
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Knowledge Management and the Contextualisation of Intellectual Property Rights in Innovation Systems
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Intellectual property rights play a central role in biotechnology innovation. Patents, in particular, preoccupy research funding agencies, venture capitalists and governments, despite the fact that the value of patents is disputed and their impact continues to foster controversy. Perhaps more...
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Legal Agreements and the Governance of Research Commons: Lessons from Materials Sharing in Mouse Genomics
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Omics research infrastructure such as databases and bio-repositories requires effective governance to support pre-competitive research. Governance includes the use of legal agreements, such as Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs). We analyze the use of such agreements in the mouse research...
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Lost in Translation: The Canadian Access to Medicines Regime from Transnational Activism to Domestic Implementation
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Bubela, Tania, Morin, Jean-Frederic
Canada was the first country to implement the WTO Decision of August 30, 2003, authorizing the export of generic drugs manufactured under a compulsory license to developing countries in response to a proposal brought forward by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that now claim dissatisfaction...