Royalties Will Be Paid to Bushmen.
The Bushman community and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have struck a deal in terms of which the council will pay the community 8% of all milestone payments it receives from Phytopharm, and 6% of all royalties received once the antiobesity drug derived from a local cactus is commercially available.
Two years ago it was announced that scientists at the CSIR had isolated and patented the active ingredient in hoodia, a cactus Bushmen have used for centuries to stave off hunger and thirst during hunting expeditions.
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