title: Medical innovation and patent gridlock.
abstract: Is today's sheer multitude of biological patents (especially on genetics of human beings or human pathogens) killing medical innovation--in addition to generating prohibitive prices for vital medical care?
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: James
mesh_terms: D016527:Drug Costs; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010330:Patents as Topic