Xtandi Bayh-Dole Rights Case: Memorandum in Support of Prostate Cancer Patient Petition Asking HHS to Use the US Government’s Rights in Patents to Enable Generic Competition

(For more information, please see the Xtandi: 2021-2022 request page) A January 25, 2022 Knowledge Ecology International “Memorandum in support of the petition to HHS to exercise the march-in or paid up royalty right in patents on the prostate drug… Continue Reading

KEI Comment to the NIH Regarding Exclusive License of Anti-Viral Prevention and Treatment

On Wednesday January 12, 2022, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding a prospective exclusive, sublicensable license to the University of Louisville Research Foundation (ULRF), for “Griffithsin Compositions for Treatment and Prevention of… Continue Reading

HHS Asked to Take Up March-in Request of Prostate Cancer Drug Xtandi

(Update: On December 15, 2021 KEI hosted a press briefing regarding the Xtandi march-in request. Video and details available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwqUl7NLMXo) On November 18, 2021, Robert Sachs and Clare Love submitted a petition to the Secretary of Health and Human… Continue Reading

KEI comments on NIH proposed exclusive license to Neogene Therapeutics CRISPR-Engineered T Cell Therapies for the Treatment of Cancer

November 10, 2021 Andrew Burke, Ph.D. Senior Technology Transfer Manager, NCI Technology Transfer Center, Email: andy.burke@nih.gov. Re: Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Development and Commercialization of CRISPR-Engineered T Cell Therapies for the Treatment of Cancer to Neogene Therapeutics… Continue Reading

KEI Comments on NIH Prospective Exclusive License to Gilead for HIV Treatment/Cure

(Update: On November 4, 2021, the NIH provided a response to our comments on the license.) On October 12, 2021, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the ““Prospective Grant of an Exclusive… Continue Reading

US government rights in patents on Molnupiravir, based upon funding of R&D at Emory University

(For more resources, please see our page on molnupiravir.) Molnupiravir, the oral pill that is showing promising results as a potential treatment for covid-19, was invented at Emory University with U.S. government funds. After more than six years of non-clinical… Continue Reading

KEI Comments Regarding NIH Prospective License to Blue Water Vaccines for West Nile Vaccine

On September 27, 2021, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted the following comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the “Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License: Chimeric Live-Attenuated Vaccine for West Nile Virus (WNV)” (86 FR 50722). The technology… Continue Reading

KEI Comments Regarding NIH Exclusive License to Progeria Research Foundation for Ultra-Rare Disease Treatment

Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) filed comments on July 27, 2021 regarding the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Oligonucleotides Analogues Targeting Human LMNA “lamin A” Gene” (86 FR 36563). The inventions are currently co-owned… Continue Reading

KEI Comments to NIH Regarding Proposed Exclusive License to PTC Therapeutics for Gene Therapy

On July 27, 2021, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) commented on the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: RP2 AAV-Based Gene Human Therapy for Ocular Diseases and Disorders Including XLRP” (86 FR 36565). The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends… Continue Reading