UPDATED: On 10 February 2023, the Bureau of the WHO Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) circulated to WHO member states a proposal for consideration by the INB regarding modalities for upcoming INB meetings (INB4/5), including the “Zero Draft” and “First Draft”… Continue Reading
On February 6, 2023, Knowledge Ecology International submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Small Cell Lung Cancer Subtyping Using Plasma Cell-Free Nucleosomes” (88 FR 3749). The technology was… Continue Reading
On Wednesday, 1 February 2023, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered this constituency statement on behalf of KEI, Health Action International, Oxfam, Public Services International, and the World Council of Churches on the following topic: “Universal Health Coverage – Reorienting health… Continue Reading
WHO-zero-draft-pandemic-treaty-1Feb2023 There is much to like in this draft on topics such as intellectual property rights, transparency, benefit sharing and equity. Easy to see why big drug companies have been alarmed at the direction of the WHO work on this.… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, 31 January 2023, Arianna Schouten delivered this constituency statement on behalf of Knowledge Ecology International, Health Action International, Oxfam, Public Services International, and the World Council of Churches on the following topic: “12.1 – Strengthening WHO preparedness for… Continue Reading
USTR-Special301-2023-KEI-coments KEI comments on the 2023 USTR Special 301 Review Comments provided by James Love, on behalf of Knowledge Ecology International 110 Maryland Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002 Telephone: +1.202.332.2670 James.Love@KEIOnline.Org In response to Federal Register Notice: Docket Number USTR-2022-0016… Continue Reading
Recommendations for the WHO Pandemic Treaty Negotiations DATE: Tuesday, 31 January 2023 TIME: 17:30 to 19:00 CET LOCATION: Salle II/III, World Council of Churches, Route de Ferney 150 Refreshments will be served from 17:00 BACKGROUND: The WHO Intergovernmental Negotiating Body… Continue Reading
On January 10, 2023, twenty-five Members of Congress sent a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra urging him to act on the Xtandi request, and to use the Bayh-Dole Act to lower the price of Xtandi (enzalutamide) for US patients.… Continue Reading
While much attention has been focused on negotiations at the World Health Organization (WHO) on a pandemic treaty, there has been less scrutiny on WHO deliberations on proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005). The reasons are two-fold: 1)… Continue Reading
On 7 December 2022, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement on the proposed Enlarged Conference of the Parties (E-COP) of the conceptual zero draft at the third session of the WHO Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate… Continue Reading