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Louisiana State University Law Center DigitalCommons @ LSU Law Center Fa ulty Scholarship 2005 Ethics in a Global Biopharmaceutical Environment Michael J. Malinowski Louisiana State University L aw Center, michael.malinowski@ Follow this and additional works at : http://digital /fa ulty_scholarship Part of the Law Commons Repository Citation Malinowski, Michael J., Ethi s in a Global Biopharma eutical Environment (2005). Faculty Sc holarship. Paper 56. http://digital /fa ulty_scholarship/56 This Article is brought to you for free and open a ess by DigitalCommons @ LSU Law Center. It has been a epted for inclusion in Fa ulty Scholarship by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons @ LSU Law Center. For more information, please ontact sarah.buras@. PP 57- MALINOWSKI (AA) 12/8/2006 2:50 PM Ethics in a Global Biopharmaceutical Environment 57 Ethics in a Global Biopharmaceutical Environment Michael J. Malinowski∗ I. Introduction Pharmaceuticals and biologics (biotech products) have integrated into biopharmaceuticals, sharpening the focus on genomics (gene function) and proteomics (protein function) in drug development.1 Moreover, the forefront of the “genomics revolution” has advanced: scientists now are grappling with the challenge of making medical sense out of the completed map of the human 2 genome. The means to meet this challenge is bioinformatics — the combination ∗ Ernest R. and Iris M. Eldred Endowed Professor of Law. The author wishes to express his gratitude to June Carbone, a friend and valued colleague, and organizer of the live symposium from which this article originated, “The Globalization of Pharmaceutical Development: Race, Markets, and Ethics, Santa Clara University Schoo