Year: 2025

Table top simulations and licensing proposals round out country submissions on pathogen access and benefit sharing

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On 20 May 2025, the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted the WHO Pandemic Agreement “pursuant to Article 19 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization” through resolution WHA78.1. While achieving consensus on a number of fronts including pandemic prevention…

KEI Submits FOIA Regarding FDA Orphan Products Grant Program

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On July 28, 2025, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for records concerning the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Orphan Products Grant Program. The program (administered by the FDA’s Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD))…

UK-India CETA – Reflections on the IPR chapter (Chapter 13)

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On Thursday, 24 July 2025, the United Kingdom published the text of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and India and associated documents. The agreement consists of 30 chapters…

KEI Comments to NIH on Exclusive License to Neurala

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On June 2, 2025, KEI submitted comments regarding Neurala Bio being granted an exclusive license by the NIH for “c-Abl Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitory Compound Embodiments and Methods of Making and Using the Same” (90 FR 21054). KEI’s primary concern as…

KEI Comments on NIH Prospective License To Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

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On July 17, 2025, KEI submitted comments regarding the prospective Exclusive, Inter-Institutional Agreement-Institution Lead for the development and commercialization of engineered commensals to generate antigen-specific T and B cells (90 FR 29028), which is set to be given to CZ…

KEI Comments on NIH Exclusive License to Capstan for CAR T Autoimmune Treatment

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On July 18, 2025, KEI submitted comments regarding the prospective exclusive licensing by the NIH of “The Development of an in vivo Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) for the Treatment or Prevention of B Cell Mediated Autoimmune Diseases” (90 FR…

KEI statement at the WIPO General Assembly on negotiations on traditional Knowledge and traditional cultural expressions

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IGC Statement by KEI at 2025 WIPO GA Reflecting on the fact that the 2024 Diplomatic Conference on the treaty to disclose genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge came after more than two decades and more than 50 meetings of…

WIPO General Assembly 2025: KEI statement on the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP)

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On Thursday afternoon, 10 July 2025, Knowledge Ecology Interational (KEI) delivered the following statement on agenda item 12(ii), Report from the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP). KEI statement on the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents…

WIPO General Assembly 2025: KEI statement on the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights

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On Thursday afternoon, 10 July 2025, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement on agenda item 12(i), Report from the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). Broadcasters could have had an agreement two decades ago if they…

WIPO General Assembly 2025 – KEI General statement

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On Wednesday afternoon, 9 July 2025, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following general statement on model laws at the Sixty-Sixth Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). While 2024…