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In just eight years, the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases moved from identifying an ultra-rare genetic disorder, CD55 deficiency, hyperactivation of the complement, angiopathic thrombosis, and protein-losing enteropathy (CHAPLE) to FDA approval of its first treatment option

On March 15, 2006, the Meningitis Vaccine Project and the Serum Institute of India announced the successful completion of Phase I clinical trials of a new conjugate vaccine against meningitis A, a bacterium that causes deadly epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the Meningitis Vaccine

A team headed by Dr. Jeffrey Rubin of the National Cancer Institute has received the 2006 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC). The FLC is a nationwide network of over 700 federal laboratories and centers, organized in 1974

In Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd., 125 S. Ct. 2372 (Jun. 13, 2005), the Supreme Court considered the scope of the exemption from patent infringement embodied in 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(1). Under §271(e)(1), also referred to as the safe harbor provision, "[i]t shall not be an act of