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ACCC
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
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ACIP
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Advisory Council on Intellectual Property
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the Act
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Patents Act 1990 (Cth)
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AHMAC
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Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council
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the ALRC report
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The report by the Australian Law Reform Commission,
Genes and ingenuity: gene patenting and human health (June 2004)
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ASX
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Australian Securities Exchange
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AUSFTA
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Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement
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BCNA
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Breast Cancer Network Australia
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BRCA genes
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The BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which are associated with a
predisposition to developing breast and ovarian cancer
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CCA
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Cancer Council Australia
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the Commissioner
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Commissioner of Patents
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CVNSW
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Cancer Voices NSW
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the Department
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Department of Health and Ageing
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DIISR
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Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
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the Ergas Report
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Review of intellectual property legislation under the
Competition Principles Agreement
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HCV
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hepatitis C virus
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HGSA
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Human Genetics Society of Australasia
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ICGC
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International Cancer Genome Consortium
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IP
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intellectual property
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IPAC
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Intellectual Property Advisory Committee
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IPC
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International Patent Classification
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IPCRC
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Intellectual Property and Competition Review Committee
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IPRIA
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Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia
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IPTMAA
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Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
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JJFC
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Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies
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LCA
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Law Council of Australia
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the MPO case
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Association of Medical Pathology and Others v The
United States Patent and Trademark Office and Myriad Genetics, Inc and Others
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Myriad
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Myriad Genetics Ltd
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NHMRC
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National Health and Medical Research Council
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the NRDC case
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National Research Development Corporation v The
Commissioner of Patents (1959) 102 CLR 252
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PBS
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Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
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PMCC
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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
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RCPA
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Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
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SACGHS
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United States Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics,
Health, and Society
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TPA
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Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)
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TRIPS Agreement
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Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights
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USPTO
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
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WEHI
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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
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WTO
|
World Trade Organization
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