What is the importance of public investment in research on biotechnology?
As is logical, businesses in general invest and seek profits with a short-term outlook. For this reason, it is important that investments be made in the public sector to maintain their interest in biotechnological research, with the goal of assuring that the needs of the poor are taken into account. And what should be done so that the tenets of the accord become operative? Two things are necessary: The first is for 40 countries to ratify the accord so that it can take effect. It is also necessary to develop national regulations and legislations that will implement the provisions of the accord. What can the Thematic Groups of the Network do to bring the provisions of the accord to reality? They can exert political pressure for the national legislation to develop the accord and participate in that legislative process. The multi-disciplinay in the composition of these groups can also play an important part during the implementation and follow-up of the accord. Another field of action is t
