Month: April 2022

KEI Comments Regarding NIH Prospective Exclusive License to Georgetown University for Pancreatic Cancer Diagnostic

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On April 28, 2022, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) provided comments on the latest National Institutes of Health (NIH) Federal Register notice concerning licensing, the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Development of Diagnostic for Imaging and Early Detection of…

Save the Date – 27 April 2022 – South Centre/KEI/PIJIP Workshop on the L&E work programme and the WIPO broadcasting treaty

Posted on by Thiru

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On Wednesday, 27 April 2022 from 14:00 CEST to 16:00 CEST, the South Centre, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), and the Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) will convene a workshop to prepare for the…

Amicus Brief of Professor Brook Baker on the human right principles and TRIPS-compliant interpretation of the compulsory license petition filed by KEI in the Dominican Republic

Posted on by Luis Gil Abinader

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Last week, Professor Brook Baker filed an Amicus Brief responding to four of the arguments made by Pfizer against the compulsory license requested by KEI in the Dominican Republic to allow the distribution of the generic version of Paxlovid. His…

Additional Comments for the Public Hearing on the Proposed WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness and Response

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These are the additional comments to the WHO Public Hearing on a possible WHO treaty or other instrument on pandemic preparedness and response (KEI also provided oral testimony at the hearing, and filed earlier comments here). Luis Gil Abinader –…

KEI comments at WHO public hearing on possible pandemic treaty on preparedness and response

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A treaty on pandemic preparedness and response is an opportunity to create a framework that addresses a multitude of issues, including but not limited to these four topics. 1. The treaty should create norms and mechanisms for governments to share…

WHO public hearings regarding a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response

Posted on by Thiru

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On 22 March 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a detailed timeline in relation to meetings of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and…

WHA 75: UK draft resolution on Strengthening Clinical Trials to Improve Public Health

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As reported by Politico on 26 January 2022, at the 150th session of the World Health Organization’s Executive Board, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland made a “surprise proposal…for a new World Health Organization resolution on clinical…