Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. Introduction to biotechnology and the law / Robert F. Copple, Hugh B. Wellons
Chapter 2. Managing innovation: patent basics for biotechnology counsel / Margaret J. Sampson, Michelle M. LeCointe
Chapter 3. Company formation / Andrew T. Hoyne, Cortney E. Mendenhall
Chapter 4. Acquisition of biotechnology: technology transfer / Hugh B. Wellons
Chapter 5. Financing a biotech company / Bill Wofford, Ken Maready
Chapter 6. Employment issues for biotechnology companies / Jeffrey A. Van Doren
Chapter 7. Regulation of preclinical research / Daniel T. Pancamo
Chapter 8. Research and development collaborations / Eileen Smith Ewing, Hugh B. Wellons
Chapter 9. Federal regulation of clinical research / Erika Lietzan, Afia Asamoah, Linda McCarty
Chapter 10. Privacy issues for biotechnology companies / Rebecca Frigy Romine
Chapter 11. Medical reimbursement / Paul W. Radensky, Amy Hooper Kearbey
Chapter 12. Environmental regulation of biotechnology / Stephen A. Owens
Chapter 13. Approval of biotechnology products for human use / Areta Kupchyk, Snehal Trivdedi
Chapter 14. Agricultural biotechnology approval processes / Thomas P. Redick
Chapter 15. Federal and state regulation after approval / Areta Kupchyk
Chapter 16. Development and commercialization alliances / Eileen Smith Ewing, Hugh B. Wellons
Chapter 17. Patent litigation and dispute proceedings overview for the non-patent attorney / Michelle G. Breit, Robert F. Copple
Chapter 18. The impact of bankruptcy / Craig B. Young
Chapter 19. Risky business: litigation, risk management, and dispute control / Robert F. Copple
Chapter 20. Bioethics / Gary E. Marchant, Robyn S. Shapiro, Hugh B. Wellons
Appendix A. Goat-tech bioscienc : a legal/biotech case study
Appendix B. Biotechnology resources / Jennifer Korpacz Pelaia, JD, MSLS.
Appendix C. Patent & Technology License Agreement

"A biotech legal practice involves specialized subject matter and regulatory schemes that, generally, are not part of the business lawyer's repertoire and which can present many hazards for the uninitiated. Because of the expansion in biotech practice beyond the traditional organizations and their representatives, this guide can help lawyers find their way through the biotech maze. Leading experts in specialties such as patents, company formation, finance, federal regulation of research through funding, FDA regulation of biomedical research, approval of products for human use, privacy issues, litigation issues and more, will shed some light on this complex subject."-- Publisher's website. (Source: WorldCat)