Africa defends rights to indigenous knowledge

Ehsan Masood

Nature, 1998, vol. 392, issue 6675, 423-423

Abstract: london All countries belonging to the Organization of African Unity have agreed to consider refusing to recognize any patent on a drug made from natural products found in Africa — unless it acknowledges the ‘ownership’ and contribution of the relevant traditional community to the new product.

Date: 1998
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