Disease Experts Hold Mystery Meeting, Tell Public Nothing
Published Date: 1/7/2025
Notice
Summary
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is holding a closed meeting on January 24, 2025, to review secret contract proposals about new devices for delivering powerful antibodies. This meeting affects researchers and companies competing for funding and keeps sensitive info private. No public access or money changes are announced, but it’s a key step in picking projects that could fight infections better.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Closed Review of Contract Proposals
If you are a researcher or company competing for the HHS-NIH-CDC-SBIR PHS 2025-1 Phase I and Fast Track Topic 138 (devices and materials-based platforms for delivery of broadly neutralizing antibodies), your contract proposals will be reviewed in a closed meeting on January 24, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at NIAID (5601 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD) as a video-assisted meeting. The meeting's agenda is to review and evaluate contract proposals; there is no public access announced.
Protection of Trade Secrets and Privacy
The meeting is closed under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) because the contract proposals could disclose confidential trade secrets, patentable material, or personal information about individuals. This means sensitive commercial and personal information submitted with proposals will be kept private during the January 24, 2025 review.
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