Month: June 2018

KEI Files Expedited FOIA Request Regarding NIH Prospective Exclusive License of CAR T Technology

Posted on by Claire Cassedy

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Update: the NIH has rejected our request for expedited processing of the FOIA, on the grounds that KEI did not demonstrate “that there exists an urgency to inform the public” about the costs of the NIH CAR T or mesothelin…

KEI statement on Senate Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty for Blind

Posted on by James Love

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On June 28, 2018, the U.S. Senate provided the necessary advice and consent for ratification of the WIPO Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled. At present, 39…

HRC38: Human Rights Council set to adopt resolution on Human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS

Posted on by Thiru

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*(The author thanks Vitor Ido for his extensive notes of the 1st round of informal consultations held on 20 June 2018). On Thursday, 28 June 2018, the delegations of Brazil, Colombia, Mozambique, Portugal, and Thailand submitted a draft resolution on…

Litigation: KEI files opposition to motion to dismiss in KEI v. NIH et al.

Posted on by KEI Staff

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On June 25, 2018, plaintiff KEI filed a memorandum in opposition to a motion to dismiss filed by defendants NIH et al. The opposition cites the declaration of KEI Director James Love. The original KEI complaint is here: https://www.keionline.org/27669 The…

Comments on a prospective exclusive license of NIH-owned inventions to Beoro Therapeutics

Posted on by Luis Gil Abinader

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Today Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), the Union for Affordable Cancer Treatment (UACT), Health GAP, Social Security Works (SSW), People of Faith for Access to Medicines (PFAM), Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) and Dean Baker filed comments to the National…

Chilean Cámara de Diputados Overwhelmingly Asks the Ministry of Health to Proceed with Compulsory Licenses for HCV drugs

Posted on by Luis Gil Abinader

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On June 8, 2018 the Cámara de Diputados of the Chilean Congress overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on the Ministry of Health to proceed with compulsory licenses on patents covering hepatitis C virus (HCV) drugs. Resolution No. 68, passed with…

NIH files motion to dismiss in KEI/NIH/Gilead CAR T license lawsuit

Posted on by James Love

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The NIH has filed a motion to dismiss in our lawsuit over the NIH license of CAR T patents to Gilead. See original KEI complaint here: https://www.keionline.org/27669. As expected, the NIH is challenging KEI’s standing. KEI has 15 days to…

Walgreen and Kroger sue Johnson & Johnson over Remicade, Allege Antitrust Violation

Posted on by Andrew Goldman

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Walgreen and Kroger, two major U.S. pharmacies, have filed suit against Johnson & Johnson in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging antitrust violations stemming from exclusionary contracts and rebates designed to prevent biosimilars of J&J’s Remicade (INN:…

KEI joins unions, NGOs, Payors in Calling on Judiciary Committee to Vote in Favor of CREATES Act

Posted on by Andrew Goldman

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KEI has joined unions, NGOs and payors on a letter sent to Senator Grassley and Sen. Feinstein, the chair and ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, thanking them for their support of the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent…

TRIPS Council (June 2018): Statement of the European Union on IP and the Public Interest

Posted on by Thiru

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In June 2018, the European Union (EU) delivered the following statement on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest at the WTO TRIPS Council. The EU voiced a specific concern over a reference in the WTO submission by China and South…