KEI filed comments on the NIST Draft Green paper on the return from investment on federally funded R&D (See: https://www.keionline.org/29518). We expect the comment period to be extended, but filed this on January 9, 2018, as an initial submission. KEI-comments-NIST-SP-1234-ROI-9Jan2018… Continue Reading
(UPDATE: The NIH provided a response to our comments on February 4, 2019) On January 7, 2019, KEI and MSF (Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières USA) submitted comments to the Federal Register notice (83 FR 65696) on the “Prospective Grant… Continue Reading
(UPDATE: The NIH provided a response to our comments on January 11, 2019) On Monday January 7, 2019, KEI submitted joint comments on behalf of Health GAP, Social Security Works, the Union for Affordable Cancer Treatment, and Professor Brook Baker… Continue Reading
KEI Comments on Medicare Programs: International Pricing Index Model for Medicare Part B Drugs (CMS-5528-ANPRM) Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) is a non-profit organization that focuses on the management of knowledge goods, including new drugs, vaccines and other medical therapies. Much… Continue Reading
In December 2018, the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards (NIST) published NIST Special Publication 1234, “Return on Investment Initiative for Unleashing American Innovation” as a draft Green Paper. According to the initial release, before the government shutdown, comments… Continue Reading
Office of Research and Technology Applications, Naval Postgraduate School, Research and Sponsored Programs Office, NPS Code 41, 699 Dyer Road, Bldg. HA, Room 226, Via. Ms. Deborah Buettner, Director, Research and Sponsored Programs Office, email: dbuettne@nps.edu Dear Deborah Beuttner, We… Continue Reading
Jaime M. Greene Senior Licensing and Patenting Manager NCI Technology Transfer Center Email: greenejaime@mail.nih.gov December 16, 2018 Re: Comments on “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Agonist/Antagonist Compositions and Methods of Use for certain inventions” (83 FR 61659) Dear… Continue Reading
DATE: December 10, 2018 Intent to Testify and Testimony Summary/Comments on Negotiating Objectives for a U.S.-European Union Trade Agreement (USEUTA) Luis Gil Abinader. Knowledge Ecology International 1621 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20009. Phone number +1.202.332.2670. Federal Register… Continue Reading
The following are comments by KEI, UACT, Social Security Works, HealthGap, Public Citizen, Dr. Ophira Ginsbug and James Love on an NIH proposed exclusive license for patents on a CAR T technology for “Treatment of FMS-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 (FLT3)… Continue Reading
On Monday, 3 December 2018, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered this opening statement at WIPO’s 29th Session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP). Thank you Chair. KEI welcomes the conclusions of SCP 28 which call upon… Continue Reading