On Monday, 9 July 2018, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) made the following statement on exceptions and limitations to patent rights. KEI made the following proposal: In terms of future work on this item on exceptions and limitations to patent rights,… Continue Reading
On 9 July 2018, Indonesia delivered this opening statement on behalf of the Asia & the Pacific Group at the 28th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP). Opening Statement by the Republic of Indonesia… Continue Reading
In May 2017, the 70th World Health Assembly passed a cancer resolution (WHA70.12, Cancer prevention and control in the context of an integrated approach). At the time KEI provided the following commentary on the cancer resolution: On Tuesday, May 30,… Continue Reading
*(The author thanks Vitor Ido for his extensive notes of the 1st round of informal consultations held on 20 June 2018). On Thursday, 28 June 2018, the delegations of Brazil, Colombia, Mozambique, Portugal, and Thailand submitted a draft resolution on… Continue Reading
The NIH has filed a motion to dismiss in our lawsuit over the NIH license of CAR T patents to Gilead. See original KEI complaint here: https://www.keionline.org/27669. As expected, the NIH is challenging KEI’s standing. KEI has 15 days to… Continue Reading
Walgreen and Kroger, two major U.S. pharmacies, have filed suit against Johnson & Johnson in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging antitrust violations stemming from exclusionary contracts and rebates designed to prevent biosimilars of J&J’s Remicade (INN:… Continue Reading
KEI has joined unions, NGOs and payors on a letter sent to Senator Grassley and Sen. Feinstein, the chair and ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, thanking them for their support of the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent… Continue Reading
UPDATE: On 29 May 2018, Brazil and India notified the WTO secretariat to be “added to the list of sponsors of the submission circulated in document IP/C/W/643”. (Source: IP/C/W/643/Add.1). On 25 May 2018, the World Trade Organization (WTO) published a… Continue Reading
At the 71st World Health Assembly, KEI will deliver the following intervention regarding the Draft thirteenth general programme of work, 2019–2023. Strategic priority matters 11.1 Draft thirteenth general programme of work, 2019–2023 KEI endorses the WHO’s unwavering commitment to universal… Continue Reading
At the 71st World Health Assembly, KEI will deliver the following intervention regarding the Preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, to be held in 2018. 11.7 Preparation for… Continue Reading