Reports: Pharma industry lobbied against proposal for levy on use of digital biodiversity data

Cecilia Keating
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The fair use of digital biodiversity data is a key topic at the COP16 talks underway in Cali,Colombia
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The fair use of digital biodiversity data is a key topic at the COP16 talks underway in Cali,Colombia

As UK-led negotiations on fairer sharing of biodiversity data continue at COP16, leading pharma companies have allegedly lobbied government against proposals for a mandatory levy

A row has ignited over proposed new global rules on the sharing of nature's genetic codes, with reports alleging pharmaceutical giants in the UK are lobbying against proposals for a levy on the use of...

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