In a 2-1 ruling, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that Maryland’s 2017 price-gouging law (HB 631) is unconstitutional. The law (Md. Code Ann., Health–General §§ 2-801 et seq.) had prohibited price gouging (defined as an… Continue Reading
KEI was invited to participate in the “WHO Global Dialogue on Partnerships for Sustainable Financing of Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Control,” which was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 9-11, 2018. A web page for the event is here. Overall,… Continue Reading
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of Denmark have convened a Global Dialogue on Partnerships for Sustainable Financing of Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Control from 9 April 2018 to 11 April 2018 in Copenhagen. The conference is… Continue Reading
In March 2018, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published its 2018 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE). Every year, the USTR is mandated to “submit to the President,the Senate Finance Committee, and appropriate… Continue Reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2018 kim.treanor@keionline.org (202)-332-2670 A broad international coalition of over 30 human rights organizations, including some across the United States and Latin America, have come together to ensure that providing access to health care doesn’t come… Continue Reading
These were KEI comments to USTR regarding PhRMA’s efforts to target Malaysia as a Priority Foreign Country for issuing a compulsory license on sofosbuvir patents. Malaysia.14March2018.KEI.USTR.Special 301 March 14, 2018 The Honorable Robert Lighthizer United States Trade Representative Executive Office… Continue Reading
KEI submitted a post-hearing submission to the USTR for the Special 301 on behalf of itself and twelve other international NGOs and academic institutions condemning recent pressures on Colombia’s legal and regulatory measures to increase access to affordable medicines, including… Continue Reading
On March 12, 2018, the European Commission issued a press release on a report on the “protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries”. The report was published on February 21, 2018 and is entitled – “Commission Staff… Continue Reading
In the attached letter dated March 14, 2018 to Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Alex Azar, KEI is asking for an investigation into a failure to report NIH funding on US patent 7,964,580. This is… Continue Reading