Biological Diversity, Indigenous Knowledge, Drug Discovery and Intellectual Property Rights: Creating Reciprocity and Maintaining Relationships
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven R. King
Thomas J. Carlson
Katy Moran
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, vol. 51, no. 1-3, April 1996, pp. 45-57
Description
Emphasizes the need to provide immediate, short and medium-term benefits, rather than waiting the 8-10 years it may take for monetary reimbursement, when new plant derived therapeutics based on Indigenous Knowledge are being explored. The article uses examples of initiatives taken by Shaman Pharmaceuticals and the Healing Forest Conservancy.