1. Letter from the president of the Republic of Poland

   • Aleksander Kwaśniewski

   Letter Pages: 3 - 3

2. The ethics of intellectual property rights in biomedicine and biotechnology: An introduction

   • Andrzej Górski

   EditorialNotes Pages: 4 - 6

3. The ethics activities of the World Medical Association

   • John R. Williams

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 12

4. The growing complexity of international policy in intellectual property

   • Francis Gurry

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 20

5. Patenting humans: Clones, chimeras, and biological artifacts

   • William B. Hurlbut

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 29

6. Industry, innovation and social values

   • Harvey E. Bale Jr.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 40

7. Medicine and pharmacy — facts and myths about the development of an innovative pharmaceutical industry in Poland

   • Włodzimierz Kubiak

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 51

8. Making human research safe: Why we cannot afford to fail

   • Marjorie Speers

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 59

9. Surgical patents and patients — The ethical dilemmas

   • Tadeusz Tołłoczko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 69

10. Patents and ethics: Is it possible to be balanced?

    • Jacek Spławiński

    OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 74

11. Ethical and legal aspects in teaching students of medicine

    • Pawel Wlasienko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 80

12. Can drug patents be morally justified?

    • Sigrid Sterckx

    OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 92

13. Some ethical and legal issues in Germany involving informed consent and patenting

    • Brigitte Jansen
    • Juergen Simon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 96

14. The immoral gene: Does it really exist?

    • Svenja Sethmann
    • Franz-Joséf Zimmer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 104

15. Ethics and patentability in biotechnology

    • Rafał Witek

    OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 111

16. Opinion on directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnical inventions, and its implementation in Sweden

    • Jan Wahlström

    OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 115

17. Ethico-legal issues in biomedicine patenting: A patent professional viewpoint

    • R. Stephen Crespi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 136

18. Property rights and genetic engineering: Developing nations at risk

    • Kristin Shrader-Frechette

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 149

19. Observations on a meeting on the ethics of intellectual property rights and patents

    • Raymond E. Spier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 158

20. Meeting announcements

    Announcement Pages: 159 - 160