As Pfizer and BioNTech announced this week that results of their COVID-19 vaccine have exceeded expectations, the technology behind the
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Is it Time to Re-evaluate (or Create) Your Document Retention Policy?
In the fast-paced and dynamic environment of startup and emerging companies, standard operating procedures and compliance matters may often fall
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USPTO Report Shows Tremendous Growth in Patent Filings on Artificial Intelligence
At this point we have all heard how artificial intelligence (AI) will change the world, and many of us have
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Atea Pharmaceuticals Collaborates with Roche on Oral COVID-19 Therapeutic
On October 22, 2020, Boston-based Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Atea”) announced an agreement with Roche for the exclusive rights to research,
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Ryder Launches $50M Venture Fund for Supply Chain Startups
This week, Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R), announced a new corporate venture capital fund called RyderVentures.
The fund seeks to
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Key Considerations Regarding Early Disclosures and Patent Protection
Founders routinely need to disclose their groundbreaking technologies to third party investors, suitors, collaborators, peers, consultants and others in order
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Eli Lilly to Buy Disarm Therapeutics for $135M Plus Potentially $1B+
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company will purchase four-year-old Disarm Therapeutics, a Cambridge-based biotechnology company, for $135 million up
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University of Cambridge Develops Virtual Reality Software to Help Explore Cells
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed software that produces super-resolution virtual, 3D images of cells contained in actual
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Moderna Reportedly Won’t Enforce its COVID-19 Vaccine Patents
Boston-based Moderna has announced that it will not enforce its patent rights related to its experimental vaccine for COVID-19, because
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Keeping Privacy in Mind in the Early Stages of Your Company
With the EU’s 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which became effective January 2020,
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