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Biotechnology policy in European countries: An assessment

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ABSTRACT: For more than 20 years, all major European governments have put biotechnology as a priority on their innovation policy agendas. How did each of the three big countries – France, the UK and Germany – manage their biotechnology policy, and what results have they achieved? A project funded by the European Commission tried to find out by assessing, over the period 1994–2001, the development of the knowledge base, patent activities, technology transfer measures, regulatory policy, industry promotion measure and public opinion…

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Additional on-line material: Pharmacoeconomics and the growth of the biotechnology industry
Go to paperABSTRACT: Assuming a constant stream of new biotec…