KEI Comments to the NIH on Prospective Exclusive License to BrickBio Treatment for Solid Tumors

On March 20, 2023, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: The Development of a CD276 Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) for the Treatment of Solid Tumors”… Continue Reading

KEI Comments Regarding NIH Prospective Exclusive License to Yissum R&D

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

25 Members of Congress Ask HHS Secretary to Act on Xtandi Request

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

NIH responds to Sachs/Love letter on the Xtandi Bayh-Dole safeguards petition, to say, still reviewing

NIH has sent a letter, dated Dec 1, to Robert Sachs and Clare Love, regarding the longstanding petition to HHS to use the federal government’s rights in the patented inventions for enzalutamide, marketed by Astellas in the USA at prices 3 to… Continue Reading

Letter from 19 groups asking HHS to take action on the ​request that HHS use the federal government rights in patents on the prostate drug enzalutamide, marketed by Astellas under the brand name Xtandi.

Attached is a letter from 19 groups asking HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to take action on the ​request that HHS use the federal government rights in patents on the prostate drug enzalutamide, marketed by Astellas under the brand name Xtandi.… Continue Reading

NIH Questioned about Xtandi and March-in Rights during Congressional Hearing

On Wednesday May 11, 2022, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was asked about Xtandi and march-in rights during a Congressional hearing. The House Appropriations Committee held a hearing on the FY2023 Budget Request for the NIH, and Representative Mark… Continue Reading

KEI Comments Regarding NIH Prospective Exclusive License to Georgetown University for Pancreatic Cancer Diagnostic

On April 28, 2022, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) provided comments on the latest National Institutes of Health (NIH) Federal Register notice concerning licensing, the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Development of Diagnostic for Imaging and Early Detection of… Continue Reading

Documents from NIH Freedom of Information requests

ACTIV Partnership Records Records received via the KEI-NIH Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit regarding an April 17, 2020 FOIA request for records relating to the Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) partnership, the private-public partnership announced by the… Continue Reading

KEI Comments Regarding NIH Exclusive License to Syncopation for CAR T Therapy

Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) filed comments with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on March 16, 2022 regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Development and Commercialization of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapies (CAR-T) That are Specific to… Continue Reading