SatMagazine’s latest Blake Brief article, titled "A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Patent Law in Outer Space" and authored by Curt Blake, John Wehrli, Peter Bratton, Magnus Gan, James Dunlop, and Matthew Fleming, discusses the value of conducting pharmaceutical research and development in space. The article specifically examines Merck's development of "space crystals" for its blockbuster Keytruda antibody drug and suggests that future commercial space treaties should be flexible to navigate the questions and complexities around patenting inventions developed in space.

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