Biotechnology is studied through technologies and products so in today’s society our health, life, and our planet can and will be improved through science and technology. In biotechnology over the years has created legal issues in clinical research. In order to better understand biotechnology let’s start from the very beginning where the three main agencies oversee biotechnology and that’s the USDA, EPA, and FDA. These agencies allow biotechnology legally and safety be made but must be followed with regulations but it seems with so many regulations it’s affecting the biotechnology industry. Also, another role that must be followed is intellectual property rights which can have play an impact on the biotechnology industry resulting in ethical
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This special law has played a special role in biotechnology creating ethical issues. Before any patent can be granted and protect by the law it must follow three requirements which is, the discovery must be a novel, nonobvious, and have some utility. Once a patent is granted it remains protect for 20 years which means no one else can make, use, or sell the product until those 20 years are up. Unfortunately, this is why it can create ethical issues in biotechnology because developer’s feel human DNA should not create limits when it comes to people’s lives, making them happier, and healthier. An Example of intellectual property that creates an ethical issue in biotechnology is researching stem cell research, which always pose ethical and scientific dilemmas. If a developer created a miracle regarding stem cell research they could put a patent on the discovery and they put a hold on anyone else wanting to expand doing more research unless they wanting to pay a license fee. In the end, this creates financial stress on scientists because they may not have proper funding to help and better understand how to cure certain disease that kill people every day. When it comes to ethic issues there will always be legal issues surrounding …show more content…
When a scientist needs to run trials on a new medication they must find candidates willing to be put on a medication to see if it can be successful and see the potential trial and error. A research team must let all candidates know that know any protected health information may not remain confidential because they are in a research trial. If a research team does not have a candidate sign an authorization form and they expose their protected health information to outside sources they would be creating several legal issues as it’s the law to make sure any potential candidate signs all authorization forms before the trail. An example to protect patient confidentiality the researchers will give each candidate a special number instead of identifying them by their real name during the trial. The privacy act carries both civil and criminal penalties if anyone is caught violating this
This special law has played a special role in biotechnology creating ethical issues. Before any patent can be granted and protect by the law it must follow three requirements which is, the discovery must be a novel, nonobvious, and have some utility. Once a patent is granted it remains protect for 20 years which means no one else can make, use, or sell the product until those 20 years are up. Unfortunately, this is why it can create ethical issues in biotechnology because developer’s feel human DNA should not create limits when it comes to people’s lives, making them happier, and healthier. An Example of intellectual property that creates an ethical issue in biotechnology is researching stem cell research, which always pose ethical and scientific dilemmas. If a developer created a miracle regarding stem cell research they could put a patent on the discovery and they put a hold on anyone else wanting to expand doing more research unless they wanting to pay a license fee. In the end, this creates financial stress on scientists because they may not have proper funding to help and better understand how to cure certain disease that kill people every day. When it comes to ethic issues there will always be legal issues surrounding …show more content…
When a scientist needs to run trials on a new medication they must find candidates willing to be put on a medication to see if it can be successful and see the potential trial and error. A research team must let all candidates know that know any protected health information may not remain confidential because they are in a research trial. If a research team does not have a candidate sign an authorization form and they expose their protected health information to outside sources they would be creating several legal issues as it’s the law to make sure any potential candidate signs all authorization forms before the trail. An example to protect patient confidentiality the researchers will give each candidate a special number instead of identifying them by their real name during the trial. The privacy act carries both civil and criminal penalties if anyone is caught violating this