RE: Drug patents

2006-05-19 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deborah Harrell Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 5:08 PM To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Drug patents Dan asked me a ways back about who held the most patents on new drugs: here is why I do

RE: Drug patents

2006-05-19 Thread Deborah Harrell
Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Behalf Of Deborah Harrell Dan asked me a ways back about who held the most patents on new drugs: here is why I do not believe that drug companies are the primary source of innovation. There is an article in the WSJ today about a lawsuit

Re: Drug patents

2006-05-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: So if gov't researchers _on their own time_ come up with something novel, they should be 'owners' of that? Depends. If my husband comes up with *any* sort of software while he's with his current employer, his current employer owns it. It's in his employment

RE: Drug patents

2006-05-19 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deborah Harrell Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 2:59 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: RE: Drug patents Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Behalf Of Deborah Harrell Dan asked me a ways back

RE: Drug patents

2006-05-19 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julia Thompson Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 5:00 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Drug patents Deborah Harrell wrote: So if gov't researchers _on their own time_ come up with something

RE: Drug patents

2006-05-19 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 19 May 2006 at 18:40, Dan Minette wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: So if gov't researchers _on their own time_ come up with something novel, they should be 'owners' of that? Depends. If my husband comes up with *any* sort of software while he's with his current employer,

Drug patents

2006-05-10 Thread Deborah Harrell
Dan asked me a ways back about who held the most patents on new drugs: here is why I do not believe that drug companies are the primary source of innovation. There is an article in the WSJ today about a lawsuit between Eli Lilly vs 2 former NIH researchers; I do not have it on-line, and the site