On Monday, 4 May 2020, The European Union convened a virtual pledging marathon, the Coronoavirus Global Response Initiative, in concert with Canada, France, Germany, Italy (incoming G20 presidency), Japan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (current holder of the G20 presidency),… Continue Reading
On April 29, 2020, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published its annual Special 301 Report. A PDF copy of the report is available here. KEI has compiled copies of the Special 301 Report for every year since its inception… Continue Reading
On Tuesday April 28, 2020, KEI submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: AAV Mediated Exendin-4 Gene Transfer to Salivary Glands To Protect Subjects From Diabetes or Obesity” (85… Continue Reading
On Friday, 24 April 2020, Knowledge Ecology International submitted comments on the resolution WHA73: “Covid-19 Response” proposed by the European Union (EU). The original zero draft text and the note verbale proposed by the European Union can be found here.… Continue Reading
Under the notification of laws and regulations obligations of Article 63.2 of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) TRIPS Agreement, on 23 April 2020, Canada sent a notification (IP/N/1/CAN/30) to the WTO in relation to “Bill C-13 An Act respecting certain… Continue Reading
KEI Research Note 2020:1 Government funding related to the cobas Liat Analyzer PCR testing device. Luis Gil Abinader, April 22, 2020. Introduction Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing technique Automatization of the PCR testing technique SARS-Cov-2 emergency use authorizations for PCR… Continue Reading
On Friday April 17, 2020, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: The Development of Bispecific Antibodies Targeting Glypican 1 (GPC1) for the Treatment of… Continue Reading
On Friday April 17, 2020, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Methods and Compositions for Adoptive Cell Therapy” to Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. (85 FR… Continue Reading
On Wednesday, 15 April 2020, the European Union submitted a zero draft of a resolution for the World Health Assembly entitled WHA73: “Covid-19 Response”; this text was accompanied by a note verbale. The note verbale stated the following: We understand… Continue Reading