On August 27, 2018, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) and the Union for Affordable Cancer Treatment (UACT) filed comments to the NIH regarding the prospective grant of two separate exclusive licenses to Sinotau Pharmaceutical Group and Molecular Targeting Technologies, Inc. (MTTI),… Continue Reading
University of Oklahoma request for U.S. Manufacturing Waiver for rHA, on the grounds that labor costs would be cheaper in China, and in subject revisions, also in Bulgaria. r_Part1_p0012-21.pdf r_r_r_1524003-01-0013_FOIA_Pratt.pdf r_r_r_UniversityofOklahomaEIR1524003-01-0018-p0009-p0052-3ms.pdf r_r_UniversityofOklahomaEIR1524003-01-0014Part1-p0002-p0010.pdf r_r_UniversityofOklahomaEIR1524003-01-0018-p0001-p0007.pdf r_r_US-Manufacturing-Waiver-1524003-01-0013-4-8-10.pdf 2011, May 5. HHS Approval of… Continue Reading
KEI Advisory on NIST Green Paper RE: Publication of NIST Green Paper on Innovation and Federally-funded R&D Date: Expected Release by NIST on Weds, April 24, 2019 Background On Wednesday, April 24, 2019, The National Institute of Standards and Technology… Continue Reading
On April 29, 2019, HealthGap, Knowledge Ecology International, Public Citizen, Social Security Works and the Union for Affordable Cancer Treatment filed comments on a proposed license on National Cancer Institute patented inventions to Senti Bio, for a next generation CAR… Continue Reading
In an order dated April 11, 2019, Judge Peter J. Messitte granted the NIH’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction in the lawsuit filed by KEI, which appealed an NIH decision to grant an exclusive license on a CAR… Continue Reading
Open letter on NIST Draft Green Paper on Bayh-Dole Act Policies and Regulations 5 April 2019 FMI: Claire Cassedy, claire.cassedy@keionlineorg +1.202.332.2670 Washington, 5 April 2019 – Eleven non-governmental organizations have sent a letter to members of the US Congress, highlighting… Continue Reading
For a general timeline of the Bayh-Dole Act, see this page. 1999. September 3. Ralph Nader, James Love, and Robert Weissman requests the NIH Director Harold Varmus, M.D., to use royalty-free rights and give the WHO access to several U.S. government… Continue Reading
For a general timeline of the Bayh-Dole Act, see this page. 1980. December 12. The Bayh-Dole Act was enacted into law as part of Public Law 96-517, including Section 203 that provide march-in rights. 1984. November 8. The Bayh-Dole statute was… Continue Reading
HOUSE REPORT NO. 96-1307 (Part II), SEPT. 23, 1980 Additional views of Honorable Jack Brooks The major problem I have with H.R. 6933 is that it violates a basic provision of the unwritten contract between the citizens of this country… Continue Reading
On February 22, 2019, KEI submitted comments to the Federal Register notice 84 FR 2555 on the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Virus-Like Particles Vaccines Against Human Polyomaviruses, BK Virus (BKV) and JC Virus (JCV)” from the National… Continue Reading
On February 22, 2019, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), Public Citizen, Social Security Works (SSW) and the Union for Affordable Cancer Treatment (UACT) jointly submitted comments to the Federal Register notice 84 FR 2537 on the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive… Continue Reading