title: What is the public's right to access medical discoveries based on federally funded research?
authors.affiliation: Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Carolyn L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Treasure
authors.affiliation: Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Avorn
authors.affiliation: Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Aaron S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kesselheim
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D004345:Drug Industry; D035082:Federal Government; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028701:Patient Rights; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States