Syllabus
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Course Code: OE Elective-IV OE-CS-414 Course Name: IPR, Bioethics and Biosafety |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Introduction- Intellectual Property Rights, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade secrets, Geographical indications, Patents, Patent Filing, Indian Patent act and amendments, Implications of intellectual property rights on the commercialization of Biotechnology products, Patented products in Market and Success story. | |
| 2 | Policies, Agreements and Organization -National biosafety policies and law, The Cartagena protocol on biosafety, Convention on biological diversity, Cross border movement of germplasm and agreements, World Trade Organization and agreements, Updated Regulatory frameworks | |
| 3 | Biological Containment- Risk assessment, Risk management, General principal for biological containment at laboratory level, Health impact of containment issues-Allergenicity, Antibiotic resistance and Toxicology. Case studies. | |
| 4 | Ecological Impacts-Genetically Modified organism and impact on biodiversity, gene flow, gene escape and creation of superweeds/ superviruses, Monitoring strategies and method of detecting transgenics(Radioactive /Non radioactive methods).Case studies. | |
