Draft of EU export restriction for COVID-19 vaccines
Month: January 2021
2021: KEI Comments to the USTR Special 301 Review
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(More on the USTR Special 301. link) On Thursday January 28, 2021, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted comments to the US Trade Representative’s (USTR) Special 301 Review process. The USTR conducts an annual review of other countries’ intellectual property policies…
Novavax and Inovio COVID-19 Vaccine Contracts Limit Prices Companies Can Charge for Their Products
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One of the main objections to march-in rights and reasonable pricing clauses is the repeated assertion by NIH leadership that pharmaceutical companies would never agree to a partnership with the federal government that involves price constraints. This argument defies logic…
Agenda: Jan 27, 2021 Discussion of proposals to change Bayh-Dole regulations and Stevenson-Wydler Act statutes
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This is the agenda for a discussion of proposals to change Bayh-Dole regulations and Stevenson-Wydler Act statutes. The proposals for the changes in regulations were noticed on January 4, 2021, and the proposed changes in the statutes were published on…
President Ursula von der Leyen on COVID-19 (Davos Agenda Week): “And now, the companies must deliver. They must honour their obligations.”
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On Tuesday, 26 January 2021, Dr. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission delivered a special address at “Davos Agenda Week” devoting much of her speech to the European Union’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While President von…
EB 148: China and the United Kingdom raise concerns over the WHO Foundation and other WHO initiatives
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On Wednesday 20th January 2020, at the 148th session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board, the issue of financing and implementation of programme budget 2020-2021, the draft proposed for programme budget 2022-2023 and the issue of sustainable financing…
EB 148: KEI’s statement on WHO’s Global Observatory on Health R&D
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On Friday, 22 January 2021, Knowledge Ecology International delivered the following remarks on WHO”s Global Observatory on Health R&D at the 148th session of WHO’s Executive Board. At meetings of WHO governing bodies, non-State actors are limited to one minute…
WHO EB 148: KEI’s statement on expanding access to effective treatments for cancer and rare and orphan diseases including cell and gene-based therapies
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At the meeting of the World Health Organization’s 148th Executive Board, Knowledge Ecology International delivered the following remarks on expanding access to effective treatments for cancer and rare and orphan diseases including cell and gene-based therapies on Friday, 22 January…
The European Commission-Curevac Advance Purchase Contract for a COVID-19 Vaccine
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The European Commission has released a redacted version of a contract with Curevac for a COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine uses mRNA technology, similar to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. The contract is severely redacted in some areas, but some information…
Letter from the People’s Vaccine Alliance and Health Action International to Dr. Tedros on C-TAP
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On 21 January 2021 the People’s Vaccine Alliance and Health Action International (HAI) sent an open letter to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), expressing concern about the lack of political support and reported progress…