Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-04-Speech-4-182"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Patenting of human genes2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011004.9.4-182"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-04-Speech-4-1832
lpv:speaker	lp:Hiltrud Breyer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 unknown; Bündnis 90/die Grünen (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, next Tuesday, in response to an application by the Netherlands which is supported by Italy and Norway, the ECJ will decide on the Patent Directive's compatibility with the Treaty. Today, the European Parliament, through its vote, will decide between the reality and the Directive. The BRCA patents in particular make it clear that the price of medicines is being increased unnecessarily and that monopolies are being created which impede effective diagnosis and therapy and block research into new and useful drugs. The time has come for the Commission – and I call upon the Commissioner present to make a statement on this issue – to put an end to the conflicts surrounding the interpretation of this Directive, either by amending the Directive or adopting guidelines. In my view, the Commission should not bury its head in the sand and say, well, we know that many Member States have problems with this Directive because they do not know how to apply it; we know that the European Patent Office interprets it in a particular way. I therefore urge you to make a statement on this issue. The human body must not be degraded to biological material. Human genes or living organisms or elements thereof must not be subject to patent law. A discovery must not be recast as an invention. We must prevent monopolies on human genes impeding research into new and useful drugs. We cannot stand and watch the early detection of breast cancer falling by the wayside simply because patent rights are to be created for something which is not an invention but, at the very most, a discovery. Action is required not only by the European Parliament – we have, I believe, made it quite clear with this resolution that we are not prepared to stand and watch – but also by the Commission and the Member States."@en1

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