Save the Date – 21 February 2024– EU and US state practice in the Covid-19 response: National law and policy improvements and their relevance to WHO Pandemic Treaty negotiations

Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) invites delegates attending the 8th meeting of the WHO Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to a side event on Wednesday, 21 February 2024. This event is hybrid. For registration, please contact thiru [at] keionline.org. Title: EU and… Continue Reading

KEI Comment to NIST on the Bayh-Dole Letter to the Washington Post and the Legislative History of the Act

KEI submitted comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a Request for Information regarding the “Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights” (88 FR 85593) regarding the 2002 Bob Dole and Birch… Continue Reading

KEI Comment to NIST on “Available to the Public on Reasonable Terms”

On February 6, 2024, KEI submitted comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (88 FR 85593). This set of comments outlined that the draft… Continue Reading

KEI Comment to NIST on Bayh-Dole Rights and Cases of Mixed Patent Landscapes

KEI submitted comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in response to the Request for Information regarding the “Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights” (88 FR 85593) concerning Bayh-Dole rights and the… Continue Reading

KEI Comment to NIST on Transparency of March-in Proceedings

On December 8, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a Request for Information regarding the “Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights” (88 FR 85593). Today KEI submitted comments to NIST regarding… Continue Reading

KEI Comments on the Implications of Access and Benefit Sharing Commitments/Regimes and Other Proposed Commitments in the WHO Pandemic Agreement

On January 29, 2024, KEI submitted comments in response the Federal Register notice posted by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) concerning, “the Implications of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Commitments/Regimes and Other Proposed Commitments Being Considered Under… Continue Reading

EB 154: KEI statement on WHO’s work in health emergencies

On 25 January 2024, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered this statement on WHO’s work in health emergencies. There is an ongoing need to make investments in countermeasures to tackle possible pandemics. The current systems of incentives for drug development are… Continue Reading