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NIH is ending billions of dollars in foreign subawards, jeopardizing thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more. Unless foreign researchers secure funding directly from NIH by October — a tall order for any researcher — clinical trials abroad and other research will shut down.

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Out today in @jama.com, a joint warning from AEREO, @weareprimr.bsky.social, @aahrpp.bsky.social, and CARE-Q, about how capped indirects and decimation of OHRP risk slowing research and making participants less safe. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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My panel with @daniel-solove.bsky.social, @mariotrujillo.bsky.social, and @alexreevegivens.bsky.social on DOGE, the Privacy Act, and how to protect privacy in our new authoritarian regime can be viewed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6eQ...

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ICE is detaining US citizens despite proof of citizenship and despite the law being enjoined already www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

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Brilliant essay on the perils of mass layoffs at federal agencies’ FOIA offices, by my friend and frequent collaborator @reshmagar.bsky.social:

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This article, along with many others currently available in FirstView, will be in our upcoming issue "Research Integrity and Misconduct."

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Palantir CEO Alexander Karp last month.

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🚨🚨 Just out - a letter from almost 900 Yale profs to our leaders, urging them to stand with us to defend the values of higher ed - and to resist and legally challenge any unlawful demands: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F.... Please share!

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Was great to have my colleagues Alice Kayongo and @abinader.bsky.social and visitor Michael Aboneka in our class on policy analysis for @guglobalhealth.bsky.social focused on advocacy strategies. Thank you!!

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Unbelievably this mother managed to remain calm for her children in the face of heinous cruelty. And the bravery of the filmmaker! It’s clear who the criminals are.

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🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.

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The ongoing denigration of expertise, science, and the research enterprise will have both short- and long-term costs for human health and lives

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While Big Law cowers in fear of Trump, boutique firms are stepping up to condemn his unprecedented attack on the rule of law. Here is Lex Lumina's statement www.lex-lumina.com/newsroom/lex...

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In case it wasn’t clear where we stand. We stand for the rule of law. As every lawyer must.

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In the wake of the recent USPTO discretionary denial guidance, thought it was worth going back to this article from Alex Moss and Timi Iwayemi. Corruption from top to bottom. prospect.org/power/trumps...

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www.theatlantic.com/health/archi... “Why are people going to be willing to contribute to science and enroll in these studies if they feel like the rug can be pulled out from under them at any time?” Fernandez Lynch told me. Answer: They won't.

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Reuters: "The United States has paused contributions to the World Trade Organization, three trade sources told Reuters, as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration ramps up efforts to cut government spending." @emmafarge.bsky.social

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We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Today, #GeorgetownLaw Dean William M. Treanor joined 79 law school deans in signing the letter posted below, issued March 26, 2025. [ Those signing are expressing their personal views and are not speaking for their institutions. Find the full letter and list of signatories: bit.ly/4hSna6u ]

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In Health Affairs, Andrew Twinamatsiko highlights how the Trump admin’s funding freeze and #NIH grant cuts jeopardize health care, research, and essential services—sowing confusion on the future of the nation’s health infrastructure. www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

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JUST FILED: our new suit challenging the Trump administration's policy of deporting faculty and students for engaging in pro-Palestinian speech. Filed on behalf of @aaup.bsky.social, @mesa1966.bsky.social, and AAUP's NYU, Harvard, and Mass. chapters. knightcolumbia.org/content/aaup...

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Net prices for medicines inched up in last year’s fourth quarter after falling a year ago, analysis finds.. statnews.com/pharmalot/20... #pharma #biotech #medicines #prices #wholesale #Medicare #biosimilars #IRA

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BREAKING: We are suing the Trump admin on behalf of our members for unlawfully cutting off $400 million in federal funding for crucial public health research to force Columbia University to surrender its academic independence. Stay Tuned.

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Roundtable this Wed at the US Senate, on how Trump and Musk are killing research like cancer and Alzheimer’s research. 2:30pm Eastern. There is a livestream. This would be better in primetime and produced for TV, like the Jan 6 Committee did. But it’s a good start from @baldwin.senate.gov.

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"If we don’t resist collectively by all legal means, and by social influence and legislative pressure, we are apt to see the destruction of our most revered institutions and the enormous benefits they accrue to America."

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Stanford Law School Professor Mark Lemley was quoted by @reuters.com in "Trump's orders targeting law firms raise constitutional concerns, experts say." Read more here: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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College acceptances are rolling out right now and historically a significant percentage of university communities are international students. The question is whether they will come. (Many international students matriculate assuming they can go home over the holidays etc.)

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The puzzle of biologics manufacturing platform patents - @dukelaw.bsky.social go.nature.com/3Y0W45Q

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Funny how things change. Here's Ford's CEO on how American car companies can compete with China's growing dominance in EVs: “The way we compete with them is to get access to their IP just the way they needed ours 20 years ago"

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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine will work with the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) to embed access plans in licensing agreements for early-stage medical technology. This is the most recent out of various commitments that the MPP has secured from licensors and funders of early-stage technologies.

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In partnership with @freedom.press, WIRED will make all of its FOIA-based reporting free to access for anyone. Public records should be public, and I hope to see more outlets follow suit: freedom.press/issues/wired...

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Looking forward to a great discussion - and learning from other speakers throughout the day, including Scott Gottlieb and Bill Nye. Join us in person or virtually.

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Unfortunately I just got laid off from the USPTO. I was the person in charge of denying design patent applications that are not ornamental.

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NEWS: Judge Amir Ali finds that the Trump administration is likely violating separation of powers in partially granting a preliminary injunction in the State Department/USAID foreign aid case. As with the TRO, he also finds the government is likely violating the APA with the non-payment issues.

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This is a lighthearted game, but also an illustration of how crucial nonprofit institutions and government funding are for producing foundational biomedical research with enormous public benefits. If the goal is to produce net savings for the US, we should be increasing NIH funding.

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With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

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Just posted a new draft with Amy Motomura, Jason Reinecke & Jonathan Masur: Can AI Hold Office Hours? Feedback welcome and appreciated! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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In a crucial first step toward transparency, Utah lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require police to disclose when their reports are written by AI.

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Join us Monday at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard to launch our new book on IP and the Next Pandemic. Prof. William Fisher (Harvard Law), Padmashree Gehl Sampath (CEO African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation) and I will discuss remedies for inequitable vaccine distribution.

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www.wipo.int/en/web/econo...

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Really puts the ongoing attacks against the Internet Archive into perspective, huh.

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#Breaking - Federal judge extends restraining order on Trump administration’s cap on NIH indirect costs

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A new form of academic fraud appears to involve (at least in some cases) passing off registered designs as "patents." Science covers this new research by me, @reeserichardson.bsky.social, @nhwise.bsky.social, Spencer Hong & Michael Draper:

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