Written by James Love
Friday, 15 June 2007
John Edwards, a leading candidate for the democratic nomination for president of the United States, has issued a statement endorsing prizes as an "alternative to patent monopolies" for new drugs and other inventions. This was from the Edwards campaign press release:
Edwards Details Cost-Savings Measures In Universal Health Care Plan, Jun 14, 2007
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Chicago-Kent Law Review
Volume 82, Number 3
2007
Previously KEI Research Paper 2007:1, Revised 26 March 2007. Originally the Ruby Hutchison
Memorial Address, Presented November 14, 2006
James Love, Knowledge Ecology International
Tim Hubbard, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
The paper is available in PDF format here: http://studentorgs.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/issues/vol-82-no-3/
On Saturday, KEI filed comments with the WHO EWG’s 2nd web based hearing. Our comments focused on the criteria for new proposals. Continue Reading
This paper has now been replaced by an updated version here: /prizes/cites
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An Annotated Bibliography of Scholarly and Technical Articles and Books on Innovation Prizes
KEI Research Note 2008:2
(Updated October 4, 2010)
2010. William Fisher and Talha Syed. Drugs, Law, and the Health Crisis in the Developing World. Stanford University Press. [link] Continue Reading
PROMINENT INNOVATION PRIZES AND REWARD PROGRAMS
KEI Research Note 2007:1
Benjamin Krohmal*
March 1, 2007
Source: EUROMEDSTAT (http://www.euromedstat.cnr.it/reports/reports_reimbursement_categories.asp)
AUSTRIA
"Heilmittelverzeichnis": Pharmaceuticals listed on the "Heilmittelverzeichnis" (Pharmaceutical List) qualify for automatic reimbursement (100%)
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Written by James Love
Thursday, 20 March 2008
On March 20, 2008, KEI published "Selected Innovation Prizes and Reward Programs" (cite as KEI Research Note 2008:1). The paper, which is available on the Internet here: https://www.keionline.org/misc-docs/research_notes/kei_rn_2008_1.pdf, provides the most comprehensive account of historical uses of prizes to induce innovation now available. The introduction to the 51 page report follows:
Written by James Love
Saturday, 20 October 2007
KEI Comment to the World Health Organization (WHO) Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights
James Love, Knowledge Ecology International
30 September 2007
Introduction
Written by James Love
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
The following are comments by experts on innovation and public health, beginning with consumer and public health groups, followed by academic experts and others.