Last week, Professor Brook Baker filed an Amicus Brief responding to four of the arguments made by Pfizer against the compulsory license requested by KEI in the Dominican Republic to allow the distribution of the generic version of Paxlovid. His… Continue Reading
On March 18, 2022, Pfizer filed a 45 page opposition to the KEI application for a compulsory license on Paxlovid patents in the Dominican Republican. This is the Pfizer filing, and KEI’s unofficial translation. Pfizer-opposition-DR-CL-18March2022.pdf Translation-Pfizer-opposition-KEI-CL-Paxlovid-18march2022.pdf The December 3, 2021… Continue Reading
On Friday, December 3, 2021, KEI requested an open public interest license to allow the exploitation of PF-07321332 (marketed in combination with ritonavir under the brand Paxlovid) in the Dominican Republic. PF-07321332, being developed by Pfizer, has shown promising results… Continue Reading
USTR-AmbTai-Bilateral-Plurilateal-agreements-3Dec2021 December 3, 2021 Ambassador Katherine Tai Office of the United States Trade Representative Washington, DC Dear Ambassador Tai, On November 18, 2021, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) provided comments to USTR on three issues that were important for any WTO… Continue Reading
On March 1, 2021, KEI obtained a copy of the binding term sheet between Pfizer/BioNTech and the Dominican Republic for the supply of their COVID-19 vaccine in the country. The document, requested via the freedom of information law in the… Continue Reading
On June 9, 2020, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body circulated its reports relating to the Australia – Tobacco Plain Packaging cases. The reports issued the decision regarding the appeals brought by Honduras and the Dominican Republic against the… Continue Reading
This timeline provides copies of official documents not published before about the U.S. pressures in the Dominican Republic during the congressional debates that led to the adoption of the TRIPS-implementing legislation Law 20-00. These documents were obtained via FOIA requests.… Continue Reading