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Monthly Archives: March 2009

The Patent Reform Act of 2009: Absent Inequitable Conduct Provisions Help Biotech

The Patent Reform Act of 2009 was introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill includes Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) as a co-sponsor. Notably missing from the list of co-sponsors is Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), Ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee. Provisions relating to inequitable conduct have been removed [...]

Harold Varmus on The Daily Show

Harold Varmus (former NIH head, Nobel Prize winner, co-chair of Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, etc.) was on the Daily Show last night. He put in a good pitch for: Democratic administrations Basic research Stimulus job creation through research funding His new book The Walrus Click here to watch in Canada. Click [...]

Obama, Sebelius and Drug Importation

The President’s Budget released last week highlighted President Obama’s support for importing cheaper drugs from Canada (pdf).  The Washington Post writes that Governor and HHS Secretary-elect Kathleen Sebelius was successful in having Kansas join a multistate consortium that allowed Kansans to order prescription drugs from Canada, Britain and Ireland, often at a lower price than in [...]

Biotech Crop News Crops Up All Over

…with the EU on one side, and Cuba and the U.S. together on the other. The EU’s council of environment ministers voted overwhelmingly yesterday to allow Austria and Hungary to maintain their empire ban on biotech crops.  When we noted this pending vote a couple of weeks ago, many reporters expected the ministers to be [...]

Sibelius for HHS. Sibelius for Biotech?

The official announcement came today that Sibelius has accepted the HHS nomination.  Dani posted last week about Sibelius’ support for the Kansas Economic Growth Act, which provided $500 million in support for biotechnology in the state.  Also of note is this story (scroll down to the 3rd headline) about her Agriculture Secretary, Adrian Polansky, who also appears [...]

Monday Deal Review: March 2, 2009

Canadian deals and company info from this week

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