KEI Comments to the NIH Regarding Prospective Exclusive License to UK firm Mevox

(Update: The NIH provided a response on June 23, 2021.) On June 2, 2021, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) filed comments with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Development, Commercialization, and Use… Continue Reading

KEI Comments on NIH Exclusive License to Australian firm SubRed

On Monday April 26, 2021, Knowledge Ecology International submitted comments regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: N-butyldeoxynojirimycin To Treat Smith-Lemli Opitz Syndrome (SLOS) and Diseases That Exhibit a Similar NPC-Like Cellular Phenotype” (86 FR 18545) by the… Continue Reading

KEI Comments Regarding NIH Exclusive License to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

(Update: The NIH provided a response to our comments on April 15, 2021.) Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted comments on April 14, 2021 to the Federal Register notice for the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) “Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent… Continue Reading

KEI Comments on NIH Exclusive License to Norwegian Firm Zelluna

(Update: The NIH provided a response to our comments on April 15, 2021.) On Wednesday April 14, 2021, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) filed comments with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License:… Continue Reading

KEI Comments on NIH Exclusive License to Ridgeback for FDA-approved Ebola Treatment

(Update: On April 30, 2021, the NIH sent a response to KEI’s comments.) On March 30, 2021, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) filed comments regarding the National Institute of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), “Prospective Grant… Continue Reading

KEI Comments on NIH Proposed Exclusive License to Iovance for Cancer Cell Therapy

On Friday March 12, 2021, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Engineered Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Cancer Therapy” (86 FR 11548). The technology is… Continue Reading

KEI Comments on NIH Exclusive Licenses to Kyverna on CAR T therapy

(Update: The NIH provided responses to our comments on April 5, 2021 – 86 FR 10092 Response and 86 FR 10081 Response) On Friday March 5, 2021, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted comments to the National Institute of Health (NIH)… Continue Reading

NIST Proposed Revisions to Bayh-Dole Act Regulations

New: Biden White House Executive Order opposes change in Bayh-Dole March-In regulations. (KEI has an email list to discuss this issue here: http://lists.keionline.org/mailman/listinfo/bayh-dole-regulations_lists.keionline.org) The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published on January 4, 2021, a… Continue Reading

KEI Comments on NIH Exclusive License to Canadian Firm EpifiZa

On Tuesday February 9, 2021, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Development and Commercialization of Certain Fusion Proteins and Their Use for the Treatment… Continue Reading