Introduction and Scope

This book integrates a science and business approach to provide an introduction and an insider view of intellectual property issues within the biotech industry, with case studies and examples from developing economy markets.

Broad in scope, this book covers key principles in pharmaceutical, industrial, and agricultural biotechnology within four parts.

Part 1: Principles of Intellectual Property and Biotechnology

Part 1 details the principles of intellectual property and biotechnology.

Part 2: Plant Biotechnology

Part 2 covers plant biotechnology, including biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, GM foods in sustainable agriculture, microbial biodiversity and bioprospecting for improving crop health and productivity, and production and regulatory requirements of biopesticides and biofertilizers.

Part 3: Industrial Biotechnology

The third part describes recent advances in industrial biotechnology, such as DNA patenting, and commercial viability of the CRISPR/Cas9 system in genome editing.

Part 4: Drug Discovery and Biodefense

The final part describes intellectual property issues in drug discovery and development of personalized medicine, and vaccines in biodefense.

Target Audience

This book is an ideal resource for all postgraduates and researchers working in any branch of biotechnology that requires an overview of the recent developments of intellectual property frameworks in the biotech sector.