The July 26, 2018 draft of the UNGA HLM3 NCDs: draft outcome document


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This is the July 26, 2018 draft of the UN declaration on NCDs. NCD-Draft-co-facilitators-text-26July2018 [The earlier July 16, 2018 draft is available here: NCD-POL-DECLARATION-16JUL2018] To nobody’s surprise, the July 26, 2018 version is very weak. In the July 26, 2018…

South Africa breaks the silence procedure: UN Political Declaration on tuberculosis


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On 26 September 2018, the United Nations’ General Assembly will convene the first high-level meeting on tuberculosis; the theme of the meeting is “United to end tuberculosis: an urgent global response to a global epidemic”. In preparation for the United…

60 House Democrats introduce bill on Medicare negotiations that includes compulsory licensing provisions to protect patients when price negotiations break down.


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The new House democrats medicare negotiations bill represents a turning point, with broad support for using robust compulsory licensing authority to protect access if negotiations on prices break down. The press conference announcing the bill featured several Democratic members of…

As Pandemic Preparedness bill clears House committee, effort to include antibiotics transferable exclusivity extension fails


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On July 18, 2018, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee gave its approval to HR 6378, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, known as PAHPA. During the mark up, Reps. John Shimkus (R-IL) and Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) proposed attaching…

KEI comments on the HHS Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices


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The following are comments by the KEI on the HHS Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs, in response to notice in the Federal Register, 83 FR 22692. Overall, the Blueprint is very weak, and won’t do much…

2018: NIH licenses on Anti-Mesothelin CAR to Atara Biotherapeutics


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Attached are comments from 8 health and fair groups regarding a prospective grant of an exclusive license to NIH owned patent, for the development of an Anti-Mesothelin Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) for the treatment of human Cancer, to Atara Biotherapeutics…

SCP28: Final text on future work mandates the preparation of a draft reference document on compulsory licensing


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At around 16h35 on Thursday, 12 July 2018, the WIPO Secretariat distributed the final text of the future work program of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP). The final text can be found here: http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/scp/en/scp_28/scp_28_11.pdf The new…

SCP28: Chair’s text (version 1) on future work mandates the sharing of state practice on compulsory licensing of medical technologies and transparency of medical patents


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Geneva 15h56 On Thursday, 12 July 2018, at the 28th session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) countries are negotiating over the mandate of WIPO’s future work program on a suite of issues including: 1) Exceptions…

SCP28: KEI intervention on patents and health


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On 11 July 2018, Knowledge Ecology International delivered the following statement on patents and health at the 28th session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP). Statement of Knowledge Ecology International Agenda item 7 – Patents and…

KEI comments on the prospective grant of an exclusive patent license: Mutant IDH1 inhibitors useful for treating cancer to Apexx Oncology


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