July/August 2004 - VOLUME 25 - NUMBERS 7 & 8
The Political Economy of R&D
Cover: Culture trays containing human embryonic stems cells
being viewed under a microscope and studied by developmental biologist
James Thomson's research lab.
(c) UW-Madison News & Public Affairs. Photo by: Jeff Miller
Monopoly Medicine: The Built-In Inefficiencies
of a Patent-Based Pharmaceutical R&D System
-- By James Love
It’s in the Genes: Patent Barriers
to Genetic Research
-- By Lee Drutman
Buy the Numbers: Publishers Seeks Special
Database Monopoly Protections
-- By Robin Gross
The Great Global R&D Divide
-- By Gunnar Westholm, Bertrand Tchatchoua and Peter Tindemans
Behind the Lines
Editorial
A Healthcare R&D Treaty
The Front
Rigging the System
Lay Does Perp Walk
Remembering Paul Klebnikov
"The Shame of Humanity"
Grief for the Reefs
The Lawrence Summers Memorial Award
Interviews
The Rise of the Free Software
Movement: Freedom from Proprietary Control
An Interview with Richard Stallman
Also:Open and Collaborative
Projects for Public Goods
A Conspiracy of Silence: The
Suppressed Evidence About Anti-Depressants
An Interview with Charles Medawar
Also:The State of New York
v. Glaxosmithkline
Film/Book Review
The Corporation: Two Views