International Research Materials May Trigger Export Penalties
Advertisement Biologics Researchers and Suppliers Beware: International Exchange of Non-pathogenic Research Materials Including Common VSV-G Packaging Plasmids May Trigger Export Penalties Thursday, February 4, 2021 What happened? On February 1, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a settlement with Princeton University, which BIS alleged exported animal pathogens and genetic elements of animal pathogens without required export licenses to researchers in the U.K., Canada, Australia, Europe, South Korea, India, Singapore, and China. Although Pri...