🧬Government-Owned Inventions Available for Licensing
The invention listed below is owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and is available for licensing to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded research and development. Foreign patent applications are filed on selected inventions to extend market coverage for companies and may also be available for licensing.
Learn More🧪Notice of Public Meeting on Alternative Toxicological Methods
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences announces a virtual meeting for the Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods (SACATM). The committee advises on alternative methods for toxicological assessments and invites public comments and participation, emphasizing its importance in shaping industry regulations and practices.
Learn More🧪FDA Notice
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on information collection associated with implementation of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA).
Learn More🦠Exclusive License Opportunity for Engineered Commensal Bacteria Technology
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, an institute of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an Exclusive, Inter- Institutional Agreement-Institution Lead to CZ Biohub SF, LLC ("CZB"), located in San Francisco, California, in its rights to the technologies and patent applications listed in the Supplementary Information section of this notice.
Learn More💰NIH Center for Scientific Review
The Department of Health and Human Services announces closed meetings by the National Institutes of Health's Center for Scientific Review. These meetings aim to evaluate grant applications and contract proposals related to scientific innovation and public health, with specific agendas scheduled for discussion.
Learn More🏥NIH Announces Closed Meetings for Grant Review Applications
The National Institutes of Health has issued a notice regarding upcoming closed meetings held by the Center for Scientific Review to evaluate grant applications. These meetings, scheduled virtually from August 5 to 12, 2025, will focus on diverse topics related to health and research, including immunology, neurodevelopment, and substance use disorders.
Learn More🛡️New OSHA Regulations on Inorganic Arsenic Respiratory Protections
This proposed rule revises some substance-specific respirator requirements to allow different types of respirators to be used under OSHA's Inorganic Arsenic standard and better aligns this standard with OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard.
Learn More🥽Proposed OSHA Benzene Rule Update on Respiratory Protection
This proposed rule would revise some substance-specific respirator requirements to allow different types of respirators to be used under OSHA's Benzene standard and would better align this standard with OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard.
Learn More🦺Proposed Changes to OSHA’s Cadmium Regulations and Respirators
This proposed rule revises some substance-specific respirator requirements to allow different types of respirators to be used under OSHA's Cadmium standards and better aligns these standards with OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard.
Learn More💼OSHA's Proposed Rule to Remove Redundant Vinyl Chloride Training
This proposed rule removes language in OSHA's Vinyl Chloride standard that is duplicative with OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard.
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