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Letters, Testimony & Comments

India Traditional Knowledge and Biological Material Draft Guidelines: Biotech Industry Provides Input
November 28 2012
Given the importance of protections for basic biotechnology inventions to the survival of the biotechnology sector in India, BIO has reviewed the Guidelines and has identified specific questions, and areas for improvement.
2012 Special 301 Report: Biotech's International IP Issues
February 14 2012
Biological Diversity: Draft Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity
October 14 2010
The Heads of Biotechnology Associations: Asia, Europe and the Americas and their members support the agreed objective of the Protocol and the greater goal to establish a practical and workable international regime governing access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from these resources.
Comments, 8th Meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing
July 31 2009
Comments, 8th Meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing.
Comments, Main Components in Annex I of Decision IX/12 of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
December 15 2008
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