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Scientists Oppose European Stem Cell Patent Ban

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
April 27, 2011
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Submitted by Hank on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 09:02
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European scientists are taking to the people to protest the European Court of Justice (ECJ) which would ban patents on embryonic stem cell-related technologies.

Their contention; it would hurt large pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer,  AstraZeneca and Roche.   They say without patents drug companies will not pursue life-saving treatments because there is no profit.   It stands to reason that would apply to all of health care.  Maybe those Europeans are onto something letting the private sector handle all that stuff.

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