Patenting Nanomedicines Legal Aspects Intellectual Property And Grant Opportunities

Eliana B. Souto

[Publisher-supplied data] Patenting Nanomedicines: Legal Aspects, Intellectual Property and Grant Opportunities focusses on the fundamental aspects of Patenting Nanomedicines applied in different Drug Delivery and Targeting Systems. The promoters of new findings in this field of research are numerous and spread worldwide; therefore, managing intellectual property portfolios, and the acquisition and exploitation of new knowledge face several contingency factors. Today, the scientific community is discussing issues of economic outcomes in the field of Nanomedicines. Major concerns include questions as to whether the research groups, academics, industry and other stakeholders should work in unison or independently, if innovation or adaptation of new technology should be prioritized, public versus private research funding, and safeguarding versus sharing knowledge. However, despite its...