At a May 28,2020 press briefing organized by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA), pharma CEOs and the IFPMA DG commented on the WHO proposal for a global pool for rights in technologies for the diagnosis, prevention… Continue Reading
Through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) has obtained 311 pages of correspondence between officials from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) and employees of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), the Recording Industry… Continue Reading
(More on Moderna here: https://www.keionline.org/moderna) (Updated to include modernatx patents) The biotech company Moderna is in the news this week, after making an announcement of early clinical results for mRNA-1273, a vaccine candidate against novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). The early and… Continue Reading
KEI is an accredited non-state actor at the World Health Organization (WHO). This is our statement at the 73rd World Health Assembly. https://extranet.who.int/nonstateactorsstatements/meetingoutline/6 Knowledge Ecology International Meeting: Seventy-third World Health Assembly Written statements on COVID-19 pandemic The biggest question today… Continue Reading
UPDATE: The World Health Organization has published the COVID-19 response resolution as a conference paper (A73/CONF./1) marked with the date of 18 May 2020. The sponsors of the draft resolution included: Albania, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State… Continue Reading
Texas-based company Xenex Disinfection Services, a manufacturer of robots that reportedly removes the SARS-CoV-2 virus from public spaces, has been making news lately. One of their robots, which uses ultraviolet lights to kill viruses and bacteria in surfaces and look… Continue Reading
Livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNMpuQfH088 On 14 May 2020, Health Action International, Knowledge Ecology International, Medicines Law & Policy, Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation, and Wemos will convene a briefing entitled: “The WHO Covid-19 Technology Pool: The solution to ensure global access to Covid-19… Continue Reading
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is convening an extraordinary session of the WIPO General Assembly from May 7, 2020 to May 8, 2020; the purpose of this extraordinary session of the General Assembly is to appoint Mr. Daren Tang… Continue Reading
May 4, 2020 Comments of Knowledge Ecology International Regarding “Purple Book Enhancement; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments” (FDA-2020-N-0437) Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) provides the following comments regarding the Food and Drug Administration [FDA]’s Purple Book Enhancement. Our… Continue Reading
On Monday, 4 May 2020, The European Union convened a virtual pledging marathon, the Coronoavirus Global Response Initiative, in concert with Canada, France, Germany, Italy (incoming G20 presidency), Japan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (current holder of the G20 presidency),… Continue Reading