2019: KEI comments on NIH License to BioE Holdings Inc for polyomaviruses vaccines (and NIH Response)


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(UPDATE: The NIH provided a response to our comments on February 26, 2019) On February 22, 2019, KEI submitted comments to the Federal Register notice 84 FR 2555 on the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Virus-Like Particles Vaccines…

2019: Joint comments on NIH prospective license to Ziopharm Oncology on cell therapies for cancer (and NIH Response)


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(UPDATE: The NIH provided a response to our comments on March 11, 2019) On February 22, 2019, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), Public Citizen, Social Security Works (SSW) and the Union for Affordable Cancer Treatment (UACT) jointly submitted comments to the…

2019: KEI comments on NIH prospective license to Morphiex on CD47 for solid tumors (and NIH Response)


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(UPDATE: The NIH provided a response to our comments on April 22, 2019) On February 20, 2019, KEI submitted comments to the Federal Register notice 84 FR 1764 on the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Use of the…

KEI asks NIST to extend comment period on their Special Publication 1234 Draft Green Paper on Return on Public Investment


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Today KEI asked the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards (NIST) to publish a notice in the Federal Register inviting comments on their Special Publication 1234, Draft Green Paper on Return on Public Investment, with an extended deadline. The…

Italy’s Draft WHO resolution: Improving the transparency of markets for drugs, vaccines and other health-related technologies


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On 1 February 2019, Dr. Giulia Grillo, Italy’s Minister of Health, sent a letter to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), with an attached “first draft” of a resolution on “Improving the transparency…

TRIPS Council: Statement of the European Union on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest: Promoting Public Health Through Competition Law and Policy


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On 1 February 2019, the World Trade Organization (WTO) published a submission (IP/C/W/651)by South Africa to the TRIPS Council on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest: Promoting Public Health Through Competition Law and Policy. The South African paper endeavored to…

KEI Submission to WHO Essential Medicines List – Enzalutamide / Abiraterone Acetate


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The WHO Essential Medicines List is a major WHO tool used to expand access to medicines.  In 2017, the WHO issued the 20th Essential Medicines List (EML) which was the 40th anniversary of the list.  The WHO is currently in…

WTO TRIPS Council: Submission of the European Union, the United States and 9 other WTO members on Public-Private Collaborations in Innovation


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On 8 February 2019, the World Trade Organization (WTO) published a submission (IP/C/W/652) by Australia; Canada; Chile; The European Union; Hong Kong, China; Japan; the Republic of Korea; Singapore; Switzerland; Chinese Taipei; and the United States to the TRIPS Council…

2019: KEI Comments Submitted to USTR Special 301 Review


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