From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Mon Sep 27 1999 - 14:41:43 MDT
BLAIR AND CLINTON ACT TO PREVENT GENE PATENTS:
Tony Blair and Bill Clinton are working to come up with an Anglo-American
agreement to prevent the patenting of the human genetic code. Initiated by
Mr Blair, the deal aims to ensure the rapid worldwide access of raw gene
sequence data. The move has been welcomed by the Wellcome Trust which,
together with its US partners - has been insistent that one condition of its
support is that all such data is made publicly available within 24 hours.
Lord Sainsbury and Neal Lane, Bill Clinton's science and technology
advisor, have been discussing the possibility of turning the Bermuda
accord - an informal agreement to release all research on human genes
without claiming patents - into a full inter-governmental agreement.
Negotiations were conducted in Kyoto in Japan and Williamsburg in the US
during the Carnegie group summits of G8 science ministers.
- The Guardian 20/9/99 'Blair and Clinton push to stop gene patents'
- The Guardian 21/9/99 'The gene machine'
- The Guardian:
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3903973,00.html
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