[The European directive 98/44/CE on legal protection of biotechnologic inventions].
After a lengthy process, a full decade after work first commenced, at last the European Directive on legal protection of biotechnology inventions has been adopted (Directive 98/44/EC, by the European Parliament and Council, 6 July 1998. In this article the author provides an interesting study of the Directive, and discusses how the text arrived at its definitive version by comparing it with previous drafts and proposals put forward since the original one of 21 October 1988.
Cátedra de Bioética de la UNESCO, Universidad de Buenos Aires, República de Argentina.
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