3/9/2026 2:02:40 PM Targeted Healing Before Birth: Placenta-Derived Stem Cells in Prenatal Repair of Spinal Defects By Antoinette Konski Neural tube defects are among the most challenging congenital conditions in medicine, with a devastating burden on patients, families,...
2/24/2026 9:52:11 PM Bridging AI and Clinical Reality: Lessons from the Mayo Clinic Platform in Precision Medicine By Antoinette Konski Artificial intelligence is no longer a peripheral tool in personalized medicine. AI is becoming a central driver of how diagnostics,...
2/24/2026 2:59:39 PM FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Using the “Plausible Mechanism” Framework to Develop Individualized Therapies for Rare Genetic Diseases By Antoinette Konski On February 23, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its Draft Guidance for Industry, “Considerations for the Use...
2/4/2026 5:21:38 PM A New Humanized Fc Mouse Model to De-Risk and Scale Antibody Programs, and Enable Innovation By Oyvind Dahle A recent Science Immunology paper reports a humanized Fc receptor mouse model designed to reflect human immune biology relevant to...
1/28/2026 3:32:39 PM AI, Patents, and Precision Medicine: Highlights from Foley & Lardner's 2026 Health Care & Life Sciences Trends Report By Antoinette Konski The health care and life sciences sector is entering a period of accelerated transformation shaped by new technologies, shifting...
12/2/2025 7:23:09 PM Seeking Grace: Pursuing Method of Treatment Claims in View of Clinical Trial Related Disclosures By Cara Mosley This article was originally published in the AIPLA Chemical Practice Chronicles Fall 2025 newsletter and is republished here with...
10/20/2025 6:02:57 PM From Rare Genes to Precision Health: $80M in New NIH Funding to Study Longer, Healthier Lives By Antoinette Konski The Long Life Family Study (LLFS) is a multi-decade, multicenter research program designed to uncover the genetic and biological factors...
10/8/2025 2:58:09 PM From Abstract to Applied: How Desjardins Can Reframe Patent Protection for AI in Health Care By Antoinette Konski Evan Glass For a decade, innovators at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and precision medicine have faced a stubborn paradox: the...
9/15/2025 2:05:10 PM NIH Prepares to Launch AI Initiative Transforming Medical Imaging Data Analysis and Advancing Personalized Medicine By Antoinette Konski The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced the launch of a major artificial intelligence (AI) initiative aimed at...
9/4/2025 5:20:39 PM Federal Circuit Skeptical of Prosecution Laches By Courtenay Brinckerhoff In Google v. Sonos, the Federal Circuit soundly disposed of arguments that the patent-in-suit was unenforceable due to laches based on an...
8/21/2025 3:36:11 PM Securing Value: Patent Strategies for AI-Accelerated Drug Repurposing By Oyvind Dahle Drug development can be slow, costly, and risky, often taking more than a decade and billions of dollars to bring a single therapy to the...
8/7/2025 1:53:11 PM USPTO Addresses Reports of New Patent Fee Structure By Randy Pummill In a recent webinar hosted by the Licensing Executives Society, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart...
7/30/2025 3:32:08 PM US Considers Charging Fees Based on Patent Value By Randy Pummill The Trump administration is reportedly considering a proposal to charge patent holders a fee based on the value of their patents,...
7/14/2025 1:59:39 PM The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act and Life Sciences Innovation By Antoinette Konski The biotechnology and life science sectors underpin breakthroughs in health care, agriculture, and environmental sustainability by...
5/28/2025 1:52:09 PM Rethinking University Research: Innovating the Innovation Ecosystem to Support Life Sciences and Personalized Medicine By Antoinette Konski Personalized medicine—tailoring treatments to individual patients based on their genetic makeup, lifestyle, and environment—is...
2/24/2025 8:37:39 PM Next-Generation Cytokines: Emerging Breakthroughs in Precision Immunotherapy By Oyvind Dahle Immunotherapies have provided successful precision therapy for human diseases by reducing side effects caused by untargeted...