Six organizations ask HHS Secretary Azar to take title of 5 patents on Exondys 51, as remedy to failure by inventors to disclose NIH funding

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2018 kim.treanor@keionline.org (202)-332-2670 Six organizations are asking Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to take actions to lower the price of eteplirsen, a drug sold under the brand name Exondys 51, to… Continue Reading

James Griffin, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Novartis failure to disclose NIH funding for patents on leukemia drug midostaurin (Trade name Rydapt)

On March 21, 2018, KEI asked the NIH to investigate the failure of James Griffin, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Novartis to disclose millions of dollars in NIH grants related to two patents for the leukemia drug midostaurin, marketed by… Continue Reading

Six University of Pennsylvania and Daniel J. Rader patents on Juxtapid (lomitapide) failed to discuss multiple NIH grants

Update: In a letter dated March 28, 2018, Robert Firestone wrote to the NIH on behalf of Penn, stating that the NIH grants were infrastructure grants that did not give the NIH rights in the inventions. 2018-03-28-Penn-Response-juxtapid-Rader On March 19,… Continue Reading

Reasonable Pricing Clause

1994. The 1994 NIH Report on CRADAs and the Reasonable Pricing Clause 1994. September 8. James Love. Pricing of Drugs Developed with Public Funds. Comments Presented to the Second NIH CRADA Forum. 1995. April 11. NIH Notice Rescinding the Reasonable… Continue Reading

KEI Appeals NIH/NCI Decision to Proceed with License of CD30 CAR T technology to Gilead/Kite

KEI has appealed the NIH/NCI decision to proceed with the proposed exclusive license of anti-CD30 CAR T to Gilead, following an email of January 25, 2018 from Dr. David Lambertson of NCI rejecting all of KEI’s substantive suggestions and objections. KEI… Continue Reading

Zinbryta

2017 KEI asks HHS to use Bayh-Dole rights in Zinbryta patent (drug for multiple sclerosis), September 15, 2017.