Examples of SEC disclosures

The documents linked below provide examples of companies disclosing information related to drug R&D costs to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These documents are in the Google’s cloud-based Docs program. You can view and/or download them (no Google… Continue Reading

Senti Bio License for Development and Commercialization of Next Generation Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) Therapies for the Treatment of FMS-Like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) Expressing Cancers

On April 19, 2019, HealthGap, Knowledge Ecology International, Public Citizen, Social Security Works and the Union for Affordable Cancer Treatment filed comments on a proposed license on National Cancer Institute patented inventions to Senti Bio, for a next generation CAR… Continue Reading

KEI Comments Regarding the NIST Special Publication 1234 Draft Green Paper on Return on Public Investment

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

2019: Joint Comments on NIH Prospective License to Medigen on RSV and Parainfluenza Vaccines (and NIH Response)

(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

2019: Joint Comments on NIH Prospective License to Sixfold Biosciences on Nanoparticles Technology (and NIH Response)

(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

2018: Comments on NIH license to Bull Run Capital, Inc. for safer non-lethal antagonist

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

2018: NIH Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License to ElevateBio for CAR T cancer treatment

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

NIH Preparing to License CAR Treatment Patents to Investors Behind Sovaldi and Soliris

In a recent Federal Register notice, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced its intent to grant an exclusive patent license on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapies for the treatment of certain cancers to ElevateBio, a company located in… Continue Reading