Intellectual Property Rights
Request for Amendment to add Risdiplam for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) to Schedule 1 of the Canadian Patent Act
On March 1st, Knowledge Ecology International sent a letter to The Hon. Mark Holland, Ministry of Health, and The Hon. François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, urging the prompt consideration of adding risdiplam, a drug to treat spinal… Continue Reading
Save the Date – 21 February 2024– EU and US state practice in the Covid-19 response: National law and policy improvements and their relevance to WHO Pandemic Treaty negotiations
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) invites delegates attending the 8th meeting of the WHO Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to a side event on Wednesday, 21 February 2024. This event is hybrid. For registration, please contact thiru [at] keionline.org. Title: EU and… Continue Reading
INB 8 – Oral statement by Knowledge Ecology International
On Monday, 19 February 2024, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following oral statement (in person) at the 8th meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB). Among the areas of division are those relating to intellectual… Continue Reading
EB 154: KEI statement on Economics and health for all
On Saturday, 27 January 2024, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement on the recommendations of the independent WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All. EB 154: KEI statement on Economics and health for all KEI read… Continue Reading
EB 154: KEI statement on WHO’s work in health emergencies
On 25 January 2024, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered this statement on WHO’s work in health emergencies. There is an ongoing need to make investments in countermeasures to tackle possible pandemics. The current systems of incentives for drug development are… Continue Reading
EB 154: KEI statement on the Follow-up to the political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
On Wednesday, 24 January 2024, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement on the Follow-up to the political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. The innovation for… Continue Reading
WTO: Prospects to adopt proposed decision text on the extension of the 17 June 2022 Ministerial Decision to Covid-19 therapeutics and diagnostics appear grim
On 4 December 2023, the World Trade Organization (WTO) published a document (WT/GC/W/913, IP/C/W/694/Rev.1) entitled, “Decision text on extension of the 17 June 2022 Ministerial Decision to COVID-19 therapeutics and diagnostics”. This document is a communication from Bangaldesh, The Plurinational… Continue Reading
A quick FAQ on Bayh-Dole Act march-in rights
For journalists writing about march-in rights today, this is how it works. If you get money from the federal government for the R&D leading to an invention, there is typically a contract that gives the funder certain rights in any… Continue Reading
WIPO CDIP 31: Opening statement of Brazil
On Monday, 27 November 2023, Brazil delivered the following general statement at WIPO’s Thirty-First Session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property. The statement was delivered by Ambassador Guilherme Patriota, one of the architects of WIPO’s Development Agenda. General… Continue Reading