Mentors Comments: Give 1-2 examples of how India’s traditional knowledge has been misused by foreign companies. Mention and discuss the terms, bioprospecting, and biopiracy. Discuss how India tries to protect it’s traditional knowledge. Answer: Bioprospecting is the search for plant and animal species from which medicinal drugs and other commercially valuable compounds can be obtained. … Continue reading How is the government of India protecting traditional knowledge of medicine from patenting by pharmaceutical companies? (15 Marks)