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Research Article

An Indian Path to Biocapital? The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, Drug Patents, and the Reformulation Regime of Contemporary Ayurveda

Pages 391-415 | Received 14 Jul 2013, Accepted 31 Mar 2014, Published online: 01 Oct 2020

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