(UPDATE: The NIH provided responses to our comments on August 14, 2019: 84 FR 33272 Response and 84 FR 33270 Response) On Monday July 29, 2019, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted joint comments to the NIH on behalf of KEI,… Continue Reading
This is a copy of the “We PAID Act” by Senators Chris van Hollen (D-MD) and Rick Scott (R-FL). The We PAID Act The 31 page bill creates a new non-profit organization to determine reasonable prices for drugs that use… Continue Reading
UPDATE: On 29 July 2019, the co-facilitators (Ambassadors of Georgia and Thailand) of the intergovernmental consultations on a UN political declaration on universal health coverage announced that the silence procedure was broken by “several delegations on paragraphs 29, 68, 69,… Continue Reading
On July 22, 2019, Knowledge Ecology International submitted a letter to the US House of Representative’s Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) lack of transparency in its exclusive licensing processes. Prior to executing an… Continue Reading
KEI letter to FTC regarding interoperability remedies to address unlawful and anti-competitive actions by Facebook Today KEI sent a letter to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), asking that the FTC require Facebook to extend interoperability remedies to third party… Continue Reading
On Thursday, 11 July 2019, the 41st session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted, without a vote, resolution A/HRC/41/L.13, “Access to medicines and vaccines in the context of the right of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental… Continue Reading
(UPDATE: The NIH provided a response to our comments on August 28, 2019) On July 2, 2019, KEI and UACT submitted comments to the Federal Register notice 84 FR 28063 on the “Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License: Lutetium-177 Radiotherapeutics… Continue Reading
(UPDATE: The NIH provided a response to our comments on July 11, 2019) On July 2, 2019, KEI and UACT submitted comments to the Federal Register notice 84 FR 28063, on the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Development… Continue Reading
UPDATE: On 4 July 2019, the Core Group will submit a “TABLING REV 1” version of their resolution on “Access to medicines and vaccines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard… Continue Reading