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
KEI filed comments on the NIST Draft Green paper on the return from investment on federally funded R&D (See: https://www.keionline.org/29518). We expect the comment period to be extended, but filed this on January 9, 2018, as an initial submission. KEI-comments-NIST-SP-1234-ROI-9Jan2018… Continue Reading
On January 7, 2019, KEI and MSF (Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières USA) submitted comments to the Federal Register notice (83 FR 65696) on the “Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License: Production of Live Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Parainfluenza Virus… Continue Reading
On Monday January 7, 2019, KEI submitted joint comments on behalf of Health GAP, Social Security Works, the Union for Affordable Cancer Treatment, and Professor Brook Baker of Northeastern University to the Federal Register notice (83 FR 65694) for the”Prospective… Continue Reading
In December 2018, the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards (NIST) published NIST Special Publication 1234, “Return on Investment Initiative for Unleashing American Innovation” as a draft Green Paper. According to the initial release, before the government shutdown, comments… Continue Reading
Office of Research and Technology Applications, Naval Postgraduate School, Research and Sponsored Programs Office, NPS Code 41, 699 Dyer Road, Bldg. HA, Room 226, Via. Ms. Deborah Buettner, Director, Research and Sponsored Programs Office, email: dbuettne@nps.edu Dear Deborah Beuttner, We… Continue Reading
Jaime M. Greene Senior Licensing and Patenting Manager NCI Technology Transfer Center Email: greenejaime@mail.nih.gov December 16, 2018 Re: Comments on “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Agonist/Antagonist Compositions and Methods of Use for certain inventions” (83 FR 61659) Dear… Continue Reading
The following are comments by KEI, UACT, Social Security Works, HealthGap, Public Citizen, Dr. Ophira Ginsbug and James Love on an NIH proposed exclusive license for patents on a CAR T technology for “Treatment of FMS-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 (FLT3)… Continue Reading
In a recent Federal Register notice, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced its intent to grant an exclusive patent license on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapies for the treatment of certain cancers to ElevateBio, a company located in… Continue Reading
By Katy Athersuch [1] and Thiru Balasubramaniam In May 2018, the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted decision WHA71(8) requesting WHO’s Director-General to “elaborate a roadmap, in consultation with Member States, outlining the programming of WHO’s work on access to medicines… Continue Reading
Update. NIH sent us a 147 word response on November 23, 2018: NIH to KEI regarding Ovensa 23 NOV 2018. The brief reply states that “Prior to posting notices of a proposed grant of exclusive commercialization licenses, the NIH determines… Continue Reading