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Strengthening the Flow of the Biotech Sector’s M&A Pipeline

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Originally published in Genetic Engineering News on October 10, 2023. Reprinted with permission. The biotechnology sector has long been characterized by its constant innovation, rapid technological progress, and unyielding...more

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FDA authority to conduct bioresearch monitoring inspections expanded by appropriations legislation

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U.S. President Biden recently enacted the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023,” a $1.7 trillion omnibus funding bill that contains the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act (FDORA). Below we analyze how Section 3612 of FDORA,...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Ticked Tabby Cats and Their Genetic Bases Elucidated

The domestic cat has been the subject of much study, recently involving its genetic structure, genomic DNA sequence, and comparisons with other felines.  The first such study was published in 2014, when an international...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Further and More Detailed Study of Domestic Cat Genome

The advent of technology making feasible elucidation of whole genomic sequencing over the past 30 years has led to reports of many if not most important or interesting animal genomes (including the most celebrated results of...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Prime Medicine Emerges with $315 Million to Develop Next Generation Gene Editing Platform

On July 13, 2021, Prime Medicine, a Massachusetts biotech company developing next generation gene editing technology, emerged from stealth mode with $315 million in financing. The financing includes a $115 million Series A...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Peach Genome Dissected to Provide Insights into Ecological Influences

The humble peach has been the inspiration for pies, album titles, independent movies, and a fictional woman's baseball team, but is also an important food species, yielding 24.5 million tons globally in 2018.  Like all plant...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Giraffe Genome Reveals Relevant Adaptations

The giraffe is the tallest extant terrestrial animal, and its iconic long neck (6 feet) provides advantages for foraging for food and detecting predators on the veldt over long distances. As a consequence, however, the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

[IP Hot Topics Podcast] Innovation Conversations: Walter Isaacson, Part 1 (Transcripts)

Welcome to Innovation Conversations, a special series of Sterne Kessler's IP Hot Topics podcast. I'm your series host, Trey Powers, a Director in Sterne Kessler's biotech and litigation practice groups. Joining me as a cohost...more

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[IP Hot Topics Podcast] Innovation Conversations: Walter Isaacson, Part 1

In this inaugural edition of the IP Hot Topics podcast, we kick off our Innovation Conversations series. We’re joined by renowned author, analyst, journalist, historian and Tulane University professor Walter Isaacson....more

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New expansion of foreign direct investments control regime in France and the impact on French biotech companies

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White & Case Technology Newsflash - In line with the increased protectionism around foreign direct investments (FDI) in the past few years, the economic impact of COVID-19 led to a worldwide rapid expansion of existing...more

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In Advance of NIH Action, Stakeholders Seek Harassment Database, Services for Victims

Report on Research Compliance 16, no. 12 (December 2019) - An independent federal office should be established to address “substantiated claims of sexual misconduct,” investigators should disclose related findings against...more

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Publish or Perish? The Balance Between Public Disclosure and IP Protection in Scientific Research

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Public disclosures can destroy intellectual property rights related to the work. Scientists and their attorneys need to strike a delicate balance between competing interests. ...more

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HHS Overhauls the Common Rule to Enhance Protection for Human Subjects in Research

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On 18 January 2017, as one of the last actions of the outgoing Obama Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and fifteen other federal agencies (the Agencies) issued a final rule overhauling the...more

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Freedom to Utilize Genetic Resources? The Nagoya Protocol Two Years Later

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Two years ago today, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (“Protocol”) entered into international...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, October 2015

On October 15, 2015, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Wilson Center) issued a report, "The DNA of the U.S. Regulatory System: Are We Getting It Right For Synthetic...more

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BESC Announces Microbe That Significantly Improves Isobutanol Yields

On August 14, 2015, the Department of Energy's (DOE) BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) announced the creation of a microbe that increases isobutanol yields by a factor of ten. The study, published in Metabolic Engineering,...more

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