On November 7, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) posted another COVID-19 vaccine contract: the $1 billion agreement between Janssen Pharmaceutical (a component of Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”)) and the U.S. government (through an intermediary called Advanced… Continue Reading
The resumed session of the 73rd session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) meets this week from 9 November 2020 to 14 November 2020. As the Republic and Canton of Geneva has imposed a lockdown since 2 November 2020, the… Continue Reading
Moderna has attached three COVID-19 related contracts as exhibits to its SEC 10-Q form for the quarterly period ending in October 2020. The first is the contract between the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Moderna for the… Continue Reading
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals failed to disclose U.S. government funding in a patent that claims antibodies against COVID-19. The obligation to acknowledge U.S. government funding in patents is required under an existing contract between Regeneron and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development… Continue Reading
KEI Research Note 2020:4 Regeneron failed to disclose BARDA funding in their REGN-COV2 patent Luis Gil Abinader October 20, 2020 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals failed to disclose U.S. government funding in a patent that claims antibodies against COVID-19. The obligation to acknowledge… Continue Reading
On Friday October 16, 2020, KEI filed a lawsuit (under the Freedom of Information Act) against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Army regarding requests for COVID-19 research and development and procurement contracts awarding hundreds… Continue Reading
On Friday, October 9, 2020, KEI filed a lawsuit in Maryland to obtain documents from five Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed by KEI related to COVID-19. The cases involve the following issues. The complaint is attached below. FOIA… Continue Reading
United States of America Below are links to copies of the contracts entered into by the US government for technologies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. KEI is updating this page as we gain access to more contracts, and less redacted… Continue Reading
Through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) has obtained copies of two vaccine-related contracts entered into by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), one with AstraZeneca related to COVID-19 vaccines and one with… Continue Reading
On October 5, 2020, KEI organized a panel about government funding of COVID-19 drugs and vaccines at the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest. Although the full Global Congress event was postponed to the year 2021, the… Continue Reading