Biotechnology: Legal, Economic and Ethical Dimensions, Volume 12, Second Edition

Copyright © 1995 VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH

Biotechnology: Legal, Economic and Ethical Dimensions, Volume 12, Second Edition

Editor(s): H.-J. Rehm, G. Reed

Published Online: 11 APR 2008

Print ISBN: 9783527283224

Online ISBN: 9783527620975

DOI: 10.1002/9783527620975

About this Book

Biotechnology: a fascinating field with far-reaching legal, economic, and ethical implications for mankind. In this volume an experienced and diverse team of authors comprising scientists from research and industry, officials and journalists examines these implications from all possible angles. Their contributions are a thoughtful - and thought-provoking - analysis of numerous controversial topics in modern biotechnology. The perspective is thoroughly international, with many critical comparisons.
Topics included are: Concepts of Risk Assessment/ Biosafety in rDNA Research and Production/ Bioethics/ Product Development/ Intellectual Property/ Bioinformatics/ Biological Diversity/ Public Attitude and Regulations of Biotechnology

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages I–XIII)

    1. Introduction (pages 1–2)

      Dieter Brauer

  3. Part I: Modern Biotechnology — What Is New About It?

    1. Chapter 1

      The Evaluation of Technology as an Interactive Commitment-Building Process—The Failure of Technology Assessment (pages 5–38)

      Guido Van Steendam

    2. Chapter 2

      Concepts of Risk Assessment: The “Process versus Product” Controversy Put to Rest (pages 39–62)

      Henry I. Miller

    3. Chapter 3

      Biosafety in rDNA Research and Production (pages 63–113)

      Dieter Brauer, Michael Bröker, Cornelia Kellermann and Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker

    4. Chapter 4

      Biotechnology and Bioethics: What is Ethical Biotechnology? (pages 115–155)

      Darryl R. J. Macer

  4. Part II: Product Development and Legal Requirements

    1. Chapter 5

      Structured Risk Assessment of rDNA Products and Consumer Acceptance of These Products (pages 157–196)

      C. Theo Verrips

    2. Chapter 6

      Strategic Regulations for Safe Development of Transgenic Plants (pages 197–211)

      Terry L. Medley and Sally L. McCammon

    3. Chapter 7

      Biomedicinical Product Development (pages 213–237)

      Jens-Peter Gregersen

    4. Chapter 8

      Regulations for Recombinant DNA Research, Product Development and Production in the US, Japan and Europe—Analogies, Disparities, Competitiveness— (pages 239–277)

      Dieter Brauer and Horst Dieter Schlumberger

  5. Part III: Intellectual Property and Bioinformatics

    1. Chapter 9

      Biotechnology and Intellectual Property (pages 281–298)

      Joseph Straus

    2. Chapter 10

      Patent Applications for Biomedicinal Products (pages 299–322)

      Jens-Peter Gregersen

    3. Chapter 11

      Databases in Biotechnology (pages 323–336)

      Eleonore Poetzsch

  6. Part IV: Biotechnology in a Developing World

    1. Chapter 12

      Commercial Biotechnology: Developing World Prospects (pages 339–367)

      George T. Tzotzos and Marion Leopold

    2. Chapter 13

      Biotechnology in the Asian-Pacific Region (pages 369–432)

      Rolf D. Schmid, Bong-Hyun Chung, Alan J. Jones, Susono Saono, Jeannie Scriven and Jane H. J. Tsai

    3. Chapter 14

      Biotechnology and Biological Diversity (pages 433–445)

      Masao Kawai

  7. Part V: Public Attitudes and Political Responses

    1. Chapter 15

      “Oui” or “Non” to Biotechnology: The Other French Referendum (pages 449–457)

      Annette Millet

    2. Chapter 16

      Government, Researchers, and Activists: The Critical Public Policy Interface (pages 459–493)

      Susanne L. Huttner

    3. Chapter 17

      Press Coverage of Genetic Engineering in Germany: Facts, Faults and Causes (pages 495–504)

      Hans Mathias Kepplinger and Simone Christine Ehmig

    4. Chapter 18

      The Regulation of Modern Biotechnology: A Historical and European Perspective: A Case Study in How Societies Cope with New Knowledge in the Last Quarter of the Twentieth Century (pages 505–681)

      Mark F. Cantley

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      Index (pages 683–695)

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