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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is recommending approval of Harvoni, a combination of 9mg of ledipasvir (LDV) and 400mg of sofosbuvir (SOF), for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in adults. This is the “all oral” combination product, delivered in daily does of just 490 mg of API, for the “cure of patients with chronic HCV infection without the need for treatments involving interferons.”

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On September 17, the House Judiciary marked up H.R. 5233, “The Trade Secret Protection Act of 2014.” The bill would create a civil right on action in federal courts for misappropriation of trade secrets, as defined in the bill. [Link to hearing, bill and transcript of markup]. Continue Reading →

On Thursday, 25 September 2014, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered this statement on agenda item 17(i), Reports on other WIPO Committees, (i) Standing on the Law of Patents (SCP).

WIPO General Assembly 2014

17. Reports on other WIPO Committees
(i) Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP);

Statement of Knowledge Ecology International

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On Thursday, 25 September 2014, South Africa delivered the following intervention on agenda item 17(i) on the Report of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) at the Fifty-Fourth Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO.

South Africa Intervention on the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP)

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On Wednesday, 24 September 2014, Knowledge Ecology International delivered this intervention on agenda item 15, Matters Relating to the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)

WIPO General Assembly 2014

15. Matters Relating to the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)

Statement of Knowledge Ecology International

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On Wednesday, 24 September 2014, Knowledge Ecology International delivered the following statement at the 2014 WIPO General Assembly on agenda item 13, Report of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) and Review of the Implementation of the Development Agenda Recommendations.

13. Report of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) and Review of the Implementation of the Development Agenda Recommendations

Statement of Knowledge Ecology International

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Comments of KEI regarding the White House OSTP call for comments on its Strategy for American Innovation

(PDF of comments here)

Attn: Dan Correa, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 1650 Pennsylvania Ave NW., Washington, DC 20504.
Email: innovationstrategy@ostp.gov.
Re: Strategy for American Innovation
Date: September 23, 2014

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This just published by the US FDA:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking for potential breakthrough ideas on how to find disease-causing organisms in food – especially Salmonella in fresh produce.

The 2014 FDA Food Safety Challenge was developed under the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, which grants all federal agencies broad authority to conduct prize competitions to spur innovation, solve tough problems, and advance their core missions. This challenge offers a total prize pool of $500,000.

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On Tuesday, 23 September 2014, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered this opening statement on the occasion of the Fifty-Fourth Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Thank you Madame Chair for providing Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) the opportunity to speak today.

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