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AAU, COGR PRAISE DOD MEMORANDUM, ISSUE REPORT ON RESTRICTIVE CLAUSES IN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CONTRACTS
The document announces the issuance of a memorandum by Undersecretary of Defense John J. Young, Jr., which affirms the Department of Defense’s policy to avoid restricting publication or dissemination of results from DOD-funded basic and applied research, except in cases where such research is classified or otherwise legally restricted. This policy clarification follows concerns highlighted in a ne
COGR Testimony at NIH Hearings on March-in Rights
NIH has denied the request from Essential Inventions, Inc. to exercise march-in rights under The Bayh-Dole Act in connection with the pricing of Norvir, marketed by Abbott Laboratories for the treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS. The decision and related materials are available online.
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The revised Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review, issued by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), provides updated and detailed guidance to federal agencies regarding the peer review of influential scientific information disseminated to the public. Unlike the prior guidelines, which merely encouraged peer review, this Bull
