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Intra-Corporate IP Licensing Structures: Tax and IP Issues

Aug 1, 2024 | lexology.com | James Ferguson

The intra-corporate licensing of a company’s pat- ents and other intellectual property carries impor- tant implications for both its tax position and its IP interests. Indeed, if a company does not implement a proper intra-corporate licensing structure, this failing may result in either an increased tax exposure or a compromised IP portfolio.
Flipping hemagglutinin on its head - Nature Chemical Biology

Feb 5, 2024 | nature.com | James Ferguson |Andrew Ward

Antigen reorientation via oligoD, a label-free, alum-based technique, guides immunofocused, broadly reactive antibody responses. Alum adjuvants work by binding to the protein antigen via electrostatic interactions, improving antigen uptake while inducing a type 2 helper T cell-type immune response7.
ICE Agents Continue To Remove Violent Foreign Nationals

Dec 7, 2023 | tennesseeconservativenews.com | James Ferguson

Chilean Army coup leader, Brazilian fugitive, Guatemalan rapist among those apprehended. Image: ICE agents remove Chilean Army coup leader Pedro Paulo Barrientos Nunez, wanted in Chile for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of the popular folk singer Victor Jara.
CAR+ and CAR− T cells share a differentiation trajectory into an NK-like subset after CD19 CAR T cell infusion in patients with B cell malignancies - Nature Communications

Nov 27, 2023 | nature.com | Curtis Cai |Mandeep Singh |Ira W. Deveson |James Ferguson |Timothy Amos |Robert Balderas | +3 more

AbstractChimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy is effective in treating B cell malignancies, but factors influencing the persistence of functional CAR+ T cells, such as product composition, patients’ lymphodepletion, and immune reconstitution, are not well understood.