WHA71: KEI intervention on Addressing the global shortage of, and access to, medicines and vaccines

21 May 2018 Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) intends to deliver the following statement on Addressing the global shortage of, and access to, medicines and vaccines. 11.5 Addressing the global shortage of, and access to, medicines and vaccines Documents A71/12 and… Continue Reading

University of Pittsburgh Failure to Disclose Federal Funding for Patents on Vizamyl

On May 18, 2018 KEI requested that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) investigate the failure to disclose National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding in four patents on Vizamyl (INN flutemetamol F 18), which is used to evaluate… Continue Reading

Rep Doggett amendment proposed the use of 28 USC 1498 in negotiations for affordable treatments to reverse opioid overdoses

On Wed, May 16, 2018, the House Ways & Means Committee held a markup on HR. 5773, a bill dealing with the opioid crisis, which would require Medicare prescription drug plans to establish drug management programs for at-risk beneficiaries. Representative… Continue Reading

DHHS Listening Session on WHA 2018: Comment on Agenda Item 11.7 Preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, to be held in 2018

On Friday May 11, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) held its annual listening session in advance of the upcoming Seventy-First World Health Assembly. Comments were limited to 2 minutes, with no time set aside for a… Continue Reading

DHHS Listening Session on WHA 2018: Comment on Agenda Item 11.6 Global strategy and plan of action on public health, innovation, and intellectual property

On Friday May 11, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) held its annual listening session in advance of the upcoming Seventy-First World Health Assembly. Comments were limited to 2 minutes, with no time set aside for a… Continue Reading