Blockchain technology is mainly discussed in connection with cryptocurrencies such as
Bitcoin. However, blockchain is a multipurpose technology with many other potential …

Lando Calrissian made a deal with Darth Vader to prevent imperial forces from invading and
occupying Cloud City. He would lead Han Solo and his party into a trap, allowing Han Solo …

In their book, The Patent Crisis and How the Courts Can Solve It, Dan Burk and Mark Leiley
argue that patent law should be tailored to industry characteristics.'They then explore …

Creating and developing new medicines requires a stream of innovations. Many of these are
in the technical side of our discipline: methods in organic synthesis, assay technologies …

M4K Pharma was incorporated to launch an open science drug discovery program that
relies on regulatory exclusivity as its primary intellectual property and commercial asset, in …

Open science and collaborative R&D may help [1–3]. Open science has been described as
''a research accelerator''[4]. Open science implies open access [5] but goes beyond …

COVID-19 has been the deadliest pandemic since the Spanish flu of 1918–1920. While
people in the twentieth century had to wait for the pandemic to run its course before life …

Biopharmaceutical companies submit vast amounts of clinical data and analysis to support
approval of their medicines, expecting the information to be kept confidential, as has been …

The patent system has long been criticized for limiting access to pharmaceuticals. Patents
grant inventors a limited period of exclusivity with an attempt to allow recoupment of …

Investors in agricultural genomics share the goal of fostering further innovation and
improving the health of consumers.'This goal is particularly im-* Emily Marden is a Research …