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
On Tuesday afternoon, 24 June 2025, the Core Group (Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand) convened an informal consultation to consider the revised version draft resolution, “Access to medicines, vaccines and other health products in the… Continue Reading
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) convened the 39th session of its Program and Budget Committee (PBC) from 16 June 2025 to 20 June 2025. With respect to WIPO’s proposed Program and Budget for 2026/2027, the PBC passed the following… Continue Reading
CR-prize-study-tor-2024 At the end of 2024, Congress was poised to enact a 1547 page appropriations bill with bipartisan support. Elon Musk blew up the bill, mounting an attack on the bill through X, the social media platform he controls. The… Continue Reading
On 18 March 2025, the World Trade Organization (WTO) published a communication (IP/C/W/719) by Brazil, India, and Peru entitled, “Revising discussions on the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and Convention on Biological Diversity“. Brazil, India, and Peru have called for… Continue Reading
On Friday, 13 June 2025, a bloc of countries known as the the Core Group (Brazil, China, Egypt, Indonesia, India, Senegal, South Africa and Thailand) circulated a draft resolution on “Access to medicines, vaccines and other health products in the… Continue Reading
rfkjr-kei-13June2025-xtandi June 13, 2025 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20201 RE: Request for issuance of authorization and consent to use federal rights in three patents to supply… Continue Reading
On June 2, 2025, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) offered comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: c-Abl Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitory Compound Embodiments and Methods of Making and Using the Same”… Continue Reading
On Friday, 30 May 2025, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement at the opening of WIPO’s 51st session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore which meets from 30 May 2025 to 5 June… Continue Reading
On Monday, 19 January 2025,Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered this constituency statement on behalf of KEI, Health Action International, Oxfam, World Blind Union, and World Council of Churches on the following topic: Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a… Continue Reading