Government Funded research
Public and Private Sector Funded Research for Fabry’s Disease
Public and Private Sector Funded Research for Fabry’s Disease KEI Research Note 2010:2 23 July 2010 Introduction Fabry’s disease is a rare genetic multisystemic disorder associated with progressive lipid accumulation and cell damage, leading to a variety of aliments, including… Continue Reading
NIH Declines Request for the Budget for Clinical Trials Involving CAR T technology to be licensed to Kite/Gilead
On February 14, the NIH was asked what the budget was for the Phase 1 clinical trial of the anti-CD30 CAR T technology that is the subject of a proposed exclusive patent license to Kite/Gilead. The clinicaltrials.gov identifier for the… Continue Reading
2012-2013-nih-march-in-request-for-ritonavir
Pages on the 2012-2013 NIH Request November 1, 2013. NIH rejects March-In petition, also rejects proposed rules on pricing of and access to government funded inventions. October 15, 2013. 15 frequently asked questions about the 2012 ritonavir March-In petition October… Continue Reading
KEI Reaction to the White House CEA Paper on Biopharmaceutical Pricing Home and Abroad
On February 9, 2018, the Trump Administration released a paper by the Counsel of Economic Advisers (CEA) on drug pricing. The paper on pricing was thought to have been led by economist Tomas Philipson, appointed to the CEA by President… Continue Reading
Statutory authority for non-voluntary use of patented inventions in United States
(More on compulsory licensing here.) This is a non-exhaustive set of provisions in US statutes that are used to for non-voluntary use of patented inventions. 28 U.S.C. 1498 – Patent and copyright cases (a) Whenever an invention described in and… Continue Reading
2010 Fabrazyme March-In Request
More on Fabry here: https://keionline.org/fabry NIH rejects Fabrazyme March-In Petition December 7, 2010. Press release from Fabry patients: DHHS denies patient’s march-in request to end Genzyme’s rationing of treatment for Fabry Disease citing that FDA rules block manufactures from supplying… Continue Reading
The 2016-2017 Army proposal for exclusive patent license to Sanofi for Zika vaccine
(More on government funded inventions here: https://keionline.org/government-funded-inventions) On December 9, 2016, the U.S. Army announced its intent to grant an exclusive license to Sanofi on patents for a U.S. Army-developed Zika vaccine. KEI and various other non-profit groups have filed… Continue Reading
Government Funded Inventions
We have several pages related specifically to the U.S. Bayh-Dole Act here. KEI efforts to address pricing and other public interest issues in more than 30 different NIH licensing cases, involving both patents and data rights, are here: http://keionline.org/nih-licenses KEI… Continue Reading
KEI Publications
KEI publishes research and commentary in a variety of journals, periodicals, books and other independent publishing platforms. In-house, KEI presents information in blogs, correspondence and reports, as well as in occasional KEI research notes and papers. Timelines (several) Timelines regarding… Continue Reading