On February 2, 2005, NIH Director Elias Zerhouni announced an overhaul of agency ethics guidelines that would restrict all 18,000 NIH employees’ outside consulting activities for pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, insurers and health providers “in an effort to restore luster” to NIH’s “tarnished reputation.” Under the revised guidelines, about 6,000 high-ranking NIH employees would no longer […]
The Washington Post reported that House backers of legislation that would loosen restrictions imposed by President Bush in 2001 say they have 201 co-sponsors and enough private commitments to put them at or over the 218 votes needed to pass. See our earlier report here. The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 would permit […]
You may not have heard but a new Star Wars episode opened today in theatres. Yes, after more than 25 years, “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith” is certainly whipping up a frenzy among the public. ABCNews reported that Die-Hard fans of the epic paid $500 to attend the premiere of Episode […]
The New York Times had a great overview of the new tax boondoggle that is allowing the biggest drug makers to return as much as $75 billion in profits from international havens to the United States while paying a fraction of the normal tax rate. The break is part of the American Jobs Creation Act, […]
The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) took place this past week in Orlando, FLA. Much of this meeting was dominated by industry giants such as Pfizer and Genentech. Although no magic bullets were revealed, the meeting does provide a forum for the smaller biotech companies to present their promising new […]
The President’s Council on Bioethics has released a report that describes potential ways around the objections that have been raised against embryonic stem cell research. Because obtaining stem cells requires the destruction of a human embryo, many researchers find performing research with these cells ethically unacceptable. Stem cells are unspecialized cells that can renew themselves […]
The National Inventors Hall of Fame added its latest class of inductees for 2005. The new inductees include the inventors of Streptomycin and the photocopier along with Grammy-Award winner Les Paul, inventor of the solid body electric guitar in 1946. The 2005 honorees are: LIVING C. Donald Bateman: Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS); Robert Gundlach: […]
The Baristas received a nice mention on the IPKat blog, noted for “fishing for IP stories for YOU” by Jeremy Phillips and Ilanah Simon from the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute. They write about copyright, patent, trade mark and privacy/confidentiality issues from a UK and European perspective. We get our updates from the Kats […]
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