Year: 2023

EB 154: WHO rejects Thailand’s proposal on trade and health policy coherence to support universal health coverage and health security

Posted on by Thiru

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The 154th session of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Executive Board will take place from 22 January 2024 to 27 January 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. Rule 8 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board of the World Health…

Slides of KEI side event on U.S. government use of FAR 52.227-1 for non voluntary use of patented inventions

Posted on by James Love

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Today KEI hosted a side event at WIPO on the United States use of FAR 52.227-1. These are the slides I used.Slide 11 provides a link to more than 350 contracts that have his clause for a variety of purposes.…

USITC avoids taking sides in 497 page report on WTO limited patent extension of exceptions for COVID 19

Posted on by James Love

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The USITC has issued a 497 page report on the WTO negotiations over TRIPS and COVID. https://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub5469.pdf The USITC release states: The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today released a report about COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics and certain flexibilities under…

KEI Comments Regarding NIH Proposed License T Cell Cancer Therapy to Moonlight Bio

Posted on by Claire Cassedy

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On October 12, 2023, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) filed comments regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Development and Commercialization of Engineered T Cell Therapies for the Treatment of Cancer” by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to…

Summary of KEI’s September 28, 2023 comments to the TRIPS Council On Paragraph 8 Of The Ministerial Decision On The TRIPS Agreement

Posted on by James Love

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Summary of September 28, 2023 comments to the TRIPS Council On Paragraph 8 Of The Ministerial Decision On The TRIPS Agreement James Love Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) The June 17, 2022 decision on the TRIPS Agreement and COVID-19 vaccines was…

Save the Date – 17 October 2023 – US Government FAR 52.227-1 authorization for non-voluntary use of patents (in-person only)

Posted on by Thiru

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Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) invites WIPO delegates attending the 35th session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) to a side event on Tuesday, 17 October 2023. James Love’s slides can be found here: https://www.keionline.org/wp-content/uploads/52.227-1-wipo-17oct2023.pdf Title: US…

Scarlet TCR: Comments on a NIH prospective exclusive patent license for treatment of HPV cancers

Posted on by James Love

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Updates: Senator Sanders Sends Letter to HHS Inspector General Urging Investigation of Exclusive Patent License for NIH-funded Cancer Therapy, Press Release. October 23, 2023. David Dayen, “Sanders Seeks Investigation of NIH Licensing Practices: The senator wants the inspector general to…

Delinking biomedical R&D, including incentives, from monopolies and high prices

Posted on by James Love

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These are the slides that were used in a KEI-People’s Vaccine Alliance webinar on delinking R&D financing from temporary monopolies. KEI-PVA-webinar-Delinking-rnd-5oct2023

KEI Comments to CMS Regarding Imbruvica (INN:Ibrutinib) R&D (regarding Medicare pricing negotiations)

Posted on by Claire Cassedy

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On October 2, 2023, Knowledge Ecology International submitted written comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in conjunction with the Medicare Price Negotiation public consultation process. CMS is hosting a series of patient-focused listening sessions this fall,…

Letter to FDA on the Cost to the Public of the Pediatric Trial Exclusivity Extension

Posted on by KEI Staff

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Today, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted a letter to the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the mismatch between the cost to perform pediatric extension trials and the cost to the public of the six month extension…