6. Policies
| Date | Source | Title | Summary | Other Categories |
| 05.03.2001 | New York Times | Brazil's AIDS Chief Denounces Bush Position on Drug Patents | The director of Brazil's AIDS program accused the Bush administration today of toughening America's stance toward Brazil's manufacture of generic AIDS drugs and of dragging AIDS policies into trade negotiations. | 2. Patent Law, 10. Ethical and Social Concerns Arising out of Patents |
| 01.11.2001 | Nature | Guidelines reject criticism of policy on gene patenting | The USPTO has released new guidelines on the patenting of genes and gene sequences that will clarify its handling of applications. While broadly similar to the interim version [99 Dec] the final version clarifies the circumstances in which a claim for the usefulness - or 'utility' - of a newly discovered gene sequence can be based on its similarity to a previously known sequence of known function. | 2. Patent Law |