Why Open Drug Discovery Needs Four Simple Rules for Licensing Data and Models

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Williams, Antony J ^a   Wilbanks, John ^b   Ekins, Sean ^c  

^a ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^b Consent to Research ^*  (United States)

^c Collaborations in Chemistry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; DATABASES INTEGRATIONS; DRUG DISCOVERY; RAPID GROWTH; SCIENTIFIC DATABASE; SIMPLE++;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRUG RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENCE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATENT;

EID: 84866901540     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002706     Document Type: Article

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