WHO Pandemic Treaty Negotiation
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WHO pandemic treaty negotiations: Walkthrough of conceptual zero draft for the consideration of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body at its third meeting
On 16 November 2022, the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (INB) released the conceptual zero draft in all six official languages… Continue Reading
NIH responds to Sachs/Love letter on the Xtandi Bayh-Dole safeguards petition, to say, still reviewing
NIH has sent a letter, dated Dec 1, to Robert Sachs and Clare Love, regarding the longstanding petition to HHS to use the federal government’s rights in the patented inventions for enzalutamide, marketed by Astellas in the USA at prices 3 to… Continue Reading
Letter from 19 groups asking HHS to take action on the request that HHS use the federal government rights in patents on the prostate drug enzalutamide, marketed by Astellas under the brand name Xtandi.
Attached is a letter from 19 groups asking HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to take action on the request that HHS use the federal government rights in patents on the prostate drug enzalutamide, marketed by Astellas under the brand name Xtandi.… Continue Reading
Pandemic Treaty negotiations: The Conceptual zero draft for the consideration of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body at its third meeting
This is what delegates will be discussing at the next INB meeting the week of December 5, 2022, in Geneva. ADVANCE_for_16_November_A_INB3_3_E From the document: “In preparing a conceptual zero draft, the Bureau started by integrating the above-mentioned input into the… Continue Reading
Letter to Secretary of HHS Xavier Becerra regarding Xtandi march-in case from Robert Sachs and Clare Love
SecBecerra-18Nov2022-Sachs-Love-Xtandi November 18, 2022 Xavier Becerra Secretary Department of Health & Human Services Washington, DC Via Email: xavier.becerra@hhs.gov Dear Secretary Becerra: Today marks the one-year anniversary since the undersigned prostate cancer patients petitioned the Department of Health & Human Services… Continue Reading
KEI asks WHO to include risdiplam, treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, on the Essential Medicines List (EML)
SCP 34: WIPO patent committee charts a course for the examination of voluntary and compulsory licensing practices during the Covid-19 pandemic
On Friday, 30 September 2022, at the Geneva headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the 34th session of Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) adopted a future work plan for WIPO’s patent committee on patents and… Continue Reading
166 contracts disclosed in SEC filings include authorizations to use U.S. patents without consent from patent holders
On 12 October 2022, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) published a briefing note on the U.S. federal government FAR 52.227-1 authorizations (for non voluntary use of patents) disclosed in 166 SEC exhibits. KEI Briefing Note 2022:2, Federal government FAR 52.227-1 authorizations… Continue Reading
WIPO SCP 34: KEI statement on patents and health
On Tuesday, 27 September 2022, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following oral statement during discussions on patents and health at the 34th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP). In July 2022, KEI published… Continue Reading