On July 28, 2025, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for records concerning the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Orphan Products Grant Program. The program (administered by the FDA’s Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD))… Continue Reading
On Thursday, 24 July 2025, the United Kingdom published the text of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and India and associated documents. The agreement consists of 30 chapters… Continue Reading
On June 2, 2025, KEI submitted comments regarding Neurala Bio being granted an exclusive license by the NIH for “c-Abl Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitory Compound Embodiments and Methods of Making and Using the Same” (90 FR 21054). KEI’s primary concern as… Continue Reading
On July 17, 2025, KEI submitted comments regarding the prospective Exclusive, Inter-Institutional Agreement-Institution Lead for the development and commercialization of engineered commensals to generate antigen-specific T and B cells (90 FR 29028), which is set to be given to CZ… Continue Reading
On July 18, 2025, KEI submitted comments regarding the prospective exclusive licensing by the NIH of “The Development of an in vivo Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) for the Treatment or Prevention of B Cell Mediated Autoimmune Diseases” (90 FR… Continue Reading
IGC Statement by KEI at 2025 WIPO GA Reflecting on the fact that the 2024 Diplomatic Conference on the treaty to disclose genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge came after more than two decades and more than 50 meetings of… Continue Reading
On Thursday afternoon, 10 July 2025, Knowledge Ecology Interational (KEI) delivered the following statement on agenda item 12(ii), Report from the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP). KEI statement on the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents… Continue Reading
On Thursday afternoon, 10 July 2025, Knowledge Ecology Interational (KEI) delivered the following statement on agenda item 12(i), Report from the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). Broadcasters could have had an agreement two decades ago if they… Continue Reading
On Wednesday afternoon, 9 July 2025, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following general statement on model laws at the Sixty-Sixth Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). While 2024… Continue Reading
KEI has filed two comments with USTR in its “Request for Comments Regarding Foreign Nations Freeloading on American-Financed Innovation,” (90 FR 23105). This comment summarized some of KEI’s past comments on the trade related aspects of biomedical R&D and public… Continue Reading