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Richard H. Kjeldgaard is a partner at the law firm of Howrey and Simon, 1299 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004-2402. David Marsh holds a PhD. from the Institute of Plant Science Research, Cambridge, U.K., and is currently a student at New York University School of Law. The opinions expressed here are those of the authors, and not necessarily those of Howrey and Simon.
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Kjeldgaard, R., Marsh, D. Health-Care Reform and Intellectual Property. Nat Biotechnol 12, 639–640 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0694-639
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