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CDC Broke Gilead HIV Research Deal, Claims Court Rules

IP Law 360

Court of Federal Claims on Wednesday unsealed its ruling finding that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention violated research agreements with Gilead Sciences by failing to notify the drugmaker about patents the agency had filed to cover HIV treatments.

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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, December 2: Court of Federal Claims Rules CDC Patents Breached Gilead Agreements; Eleventh Circuit Affirms Trademark Win for Viacom; and Delaware Litigation Funding Case Heats Up at CAFC

IP Watchdog

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Amici urge the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to Reject Attempts to Curb Delaware Chief Judge’s Litigation Funding Rules; the U.S. Food and Drug Administration halts authorization for Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 treatment for lack of effectiveness against dominant Omicron subvariants; and more.

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Claims Court Finds CDC Broke Gilead Deal Over HIV Research

IP Law 360

Court of Federal Claims has ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed to live up to at least some terms of its research agreement with Gilead Sciences by failing to notify the drugmaker about patents the agency had filed to cover HIV treatments.

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UPDATE - CDC Extends its Residential Eviction Ban for Qualified Individuals

GDB Firm Blog

As previously reported, on September 1, 2020 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an Agency Order titled Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions to Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19 (the "Order").

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Santos Sworn In as New Census Bureau Director

U.S. Department of Commerce

I’m deeply honored and humbled to lead the federal government’s largest statistical agency,” Santos said. Senate confirmation Nov. 4, 2021, with Santos’ term set to last for five years. “Mr. I look forward to working with Mr. Santos and congratulate him on his appointment.”. Census Bureau data have been essential to that work.

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The Importance of Data in Combatting Extreme Heat and Climate Change

U.S. Department of Commerce

Extreme heat mortality disproportionately affects Native American and Black communities, as well as those living in the urban core or very rural neighborhoods, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This includes heat. Recently, the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau data.

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COVID-19 and privacy: artificial intelligence and contact tracing in combatting the pandemic

Barry Sookman

AI is also been used to help diagnose the disease including via the use of diagnostic robots , to predict which patients will likely develop severe symptoms requiring treatment, to develop drugs , and find cures including through literature searches for clues to cures buried in heaps of scientific literature.

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