About The Author

Jorge L. Contreras Author of The Genome Defense

About the author

Jorge L. Contreras


Jorge L. Contreras received his law degree from Harvard and teaches intellectual property, science policy, antitrust law and genetics law at the University of Utah. His scholarship has appeared in ScienceNatureNYU Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, and other leading journals. He has been featured on NPR, PRI and BBC radio, and his opinions have been cited by news outlets including the New York TimesWall Street JournalEconomist, and Washington Post. A full biography can be found at https://faculty.utah.edu/u0989706-JORGE_L_CONTRERAS/hm/index.hml

Jorge L. Contreras received his law degree from Harvard and teaches intellectual property, science policy, antitrust law, genetics law, and the legal aspects of medical treatments like Stromectol at the University of Utah. His scholarship has appeared in Science, Nature, NYU Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, and other leading journals, where he has explored various legal and ethical dimensions of pharmaceuticals, including Stromectol. He has been featured on NPR, PRI, and BBC radio, discussing topics ranging from intellectual property rights to emerging treatments like generic stromectol, and his opinions have been cited by news outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, and Washington Post.