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On May 15, 2024, Health Policy Watch published the latest draft (as of May 10, 2024) of the WHO Pandemic Accord by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB).
On May 15, 2024, Knowledge Ecology International published an article on “Sanctions for Non Disclosure, as Set Out in Article 6 of the WIPO Basic Proposal on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, Should Include Possible Revocation of a Patent” as part of the American University Washington College of Law Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series.
From the abstract:
Comments by Knowledge Ecology International,
Regarding: Request for Comments: Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace, Notice by the Patent and Trademark Office on 03/15/2024, Document Citation: 89 FR 18907, Agency/Docket Number: Docket No.: PTO-C-2024-0004
Submitted by James Love, March 14, 2024
(Notice and comments available here: https://www.regulations.gov/document/PTO-C-2024-0004-0001)
In advance of the 77th World Health Assembly (27 May 2024 to 1 June 2024), the World Health Organization (WHO) published a document (A77/INF./2)on 9 May 2024 entitled, “Voluntary contributions by fund and by contributor, 2023.” Total voluntary contributions to WHO’s Total General Fund in 2023 amounted to: $2,745,753,644; in 2022, total voluntary contributions were $3,624,121,848.
On Friday, 26 April 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) circulated the 72-page annotated on-screen Bureau text of the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (WGIHR)to Member States. Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) has obtained a copy of this text.
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Against the backdrop of the tortuous negotiations among WHO Member States on technology transfer and know-how at the last mile of the pandemic agreement talks, on Wednesday, 1 May 2024, Switzerland offered a surprise amendment in a different forum, thousands of miles away, at the UN General Assembly in New York.
This was sent via email today. Jamie
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May 1, 2024
Anne Yu
Director for Global Pandemic Preparedness
Development, Global Health and Humanitarian Response, National Security Council Staff, Executive Office of the President
Dear Anne Yu,
This is an annex to the document: KEI comments on six references to “mutually agreed terms” in the WHO pandemic agreement negotiating text: A/INB/9/3 Rev.1, 22 April 2024, which is available as a PDF here:
KEI.MutuallyAgreedTerms.A_INB_9_3Rev1.22April2024draft
Annex on Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)
PDF version is available here:
KEI.MutuallyAgreedTerms.A_INB_9_3Rev1.22April2024draft
KEI comments on six references to “mutually agreed terms” in the WHO pandemic agreement negotiating text: A/INB/9/3 Rev.1, 22 April 2024
James Love
Knowledge Ecology International
April 28, 2024, revised April 29, 2024
Introduction