Health-related biotechnology in Brazil - some regulatory and ethical considerations
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Inderscience Publishers in International Journal of Biotechnology
- Vol. 5 (1) , 38
- https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbt.2003.002112
Abstract
The main purpose of this article is to present an overview of the complex regulatory and ethical challenges associated with the expansion of health-related biotechnology in Brazil. Initially, the author presents the general characteristics of Brazil, a developing Latin American country. The general panorama of human health-related biotechnology in the country is addressed. Finally, the author develops some regulatory and ethical considerations. To conclude, the author stresses optimistically that the current growth-spurt of a bioethics regulatory framework in Brazil is affecting positively the coherence and consistency of local science and health policies.Keywords
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