On October 20, 2025, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted comments to the NIH in response to the Federal Register notice titled, “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Substituted Quinoline Analogs As Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1A1 Inhibitors” (90 FR 47782) The… Continue Reading
On October 14, 2025, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) provided the NIH with comments regarding the “Prospective Grant of Exclusive License, Inter-Institutional Agreement-Institution Lead: Development of Zika Virus Strains for Use in Oncolytic Therapy” (90 FR 46414) to Advocate Aurora Research… Continue Reading
On September 24, 2025, Knowledge Ecology International submitted comments to the NIH regarding the “Prospective Grant of an NCI Exclusive Patent License: Use of Anti-Mesothelin Immunotoxins for the Treatment of Mesothelin-Expressing Cancers” (90 FR 43617) to Lysin Therapeutics. Although the… Continue Reading
On Monday, 3 November 2025, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following intervention at the Third meeting of the open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic Agreement. Given the significant attacks on the WHO and the importance of restoring… Continue Reading
Voting rights in treaties KEI Briefing Note 2024-9 November 27, 2024 Arianna Schouten, Thiru Balasubramaniam and James Love In 2024, several treaties were concluded or were being negotiated. Among the many issues debated were the articles and governance, including the… Continue Reading
Below is a short note on good news on a court case in India concerning access to risdiplam, a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The note is followed by a statement on the case by Third World Network (TWN),… Continue Reading
At around 6:30 PM CEST on Friday, 19 September 2025, relevant stakeholders were invited to observe the closure of the second meeting of the open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic Agreement and witnessed WHO Member States set an… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, 16 September 2025, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following opening statement at the Second meeting of the open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic Agreement. Second meeting of the open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO… Continue Reading
On 20 May 2025, the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted the WHO Pandemic Agreement “pursuant to Article 19 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization” through resolution WHA78.1. While achieving consensus on a number of fronts including pandemic prevention… Continue Reading
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