In Meril v. Edwards, the Court of Appeal (CoA) of the (European) Unified Patent Court held that permanent injunctions can be withheld when interests of patients are taken into account
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KEI Comments on Exclusive License of Zika Strain to AARI
On October 14, 2025, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) provided the NIH with comments regarding the “Prospective Grant of Exclusive License, Inter-Institutional Agreement-Institution Lead: Development of Zika Virus Strains for Use in Oncolytic Therapy” (90 FR 46414) to Advocate Aurora Research… Continue Reading
WHO IGWG3 – KEI’s statement at opening, focuses on transparency, technology transfer and pricing of products, WHO pathogen access and benefit sharing system (PABS) negotiations
On Monday, 3 November 2025, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following intervention at the Third meeting of the open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic Agreement. Given the significant attacks on the WHO and the importance of restoring… Continue Reading
Delhi High Court Rejects Roche’s Appeal, Paving Way for Affordable Generic Risdiplam
Below is a short note on good news on a court case in India concerning access to risdiplam, a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The note is followed by a statement on the case by Third World Network (TWN),… Continue Reading
KEI statement at the WIPO General Assembly on negotiations on traditional Knowledge and traditional cultural expressions
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… Continue Reading
Malaysia exhorts Human Rights Council to prioritize the primacy of public health and human rights over commercial interests
On Tuesday afternoon, 24 June 2025, the Core Group (Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand) convened an informal consultation to consider the revised version draft resolution, “Access to medicines, vaccines and other health products in the… Continue Reading
WIPO Program and Budget Committee : US opposes all references to the SDGS from the Proposed Program and Budget for 2026/2027
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) convened the 39th session of its Program and Budget Committee (PBC) from 16 June 2025 to 20 June 2025. With respect to WIPO’s proposed Program and Budget for 2026/2027, the PBC passed the following… Continue Reading
Human Rights Council (2025): Core Group circulates zero draft on access to medicines, vaccines, and other health products and the right to health
On Friday, 13 June 2025, a bloc of countries known as the the Core Group (Brazil, China, Egypt, Indonesia, India, Senegal, South Africa and Thailand) circulated a draft resolution on “Access to medicines, vaccines and other health products in the… Continue Reading
Request for issuance of authorization and consent to use federal rights in three patents to supply enzalutamide to patients in government programs
This is a PDF copy of the letter June 13, 2025 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20201 RE: Request for issuance of authorization and consent to use… Continue Reading
May 27, 1998 Department of State cable: REVISED DRUG STRATEGY AT W.H.O.: ATMOSPHERICS OF THE DEBATE, AND RECOMMENDED PLAN OF ACTION
CONFIDENTIAL RELEASED IN FULL CONFIDENTIAL PTQ1906 PAGE 01 GENEVA 03470 01 OF 09 271621Z ACTION 10-00 425261 271705Z /38 O 271615Z MAY 98 FM USMISSION GENEVA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6208 INFO IO COLLECTIVE AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY BRASILIA AMEMBASSY BUENOS… Continue Reading