Latanoprost (Xalatan)



September 23, 2004 -NIH Decision on the Essential Inventions March-In Request
Text of the NIH Decision.

Statement of Essential Inventions in Response to the Decision

Statement of Jerome H. Reichman on March-In Rights Under the Bayh-Dole Act.
Legal Documents Submitted by Essential Inventions
March 10, 2004. LETTER TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, NIH, REQUESTING A HEARING ON ESSENTIAL INVENTIONS' MARCH-IN REQUESTS.

January 29, 2004. PETITION TO USE AUTHORITY UNDER BAYH-DOLE ACT TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO LATANOPROST, SUPPORTED BY U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE RESEARCH GRANT NUMBERS EY 00333 AND EY 00402 FROM THE NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
DHHS Documents March 12, 2004.
Letter from Mark L. Rohrbaugh, Director of the NIH Office of Technology Transfer to James Love and Sean Flynn, informing Essential Inventions that NIH is close to a decision.

February 12, 2004, DHHS Secretary Thompson assigns NIH to review March-In Requests on Xalatan and Norvir
Legal Provisions
Text of the Bayh-Dole Act.

Federal Regulations on Procedure Governing the March-In Right Under the Bayh-Dole Act.
Letters in Support of March-In Request
March 30, 2004. Letter from Mike Naylor, AARP Director of Advocacy, to DHHS Secretary Tommy Thompson in Support of March-In Effort.

March 25, 2004. Letter from 15 Patient Groups Tommy Thompson in Support of March-In Effort.
Press Releases and Backround Documents
March 30, 2004. Joint release from the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition and the Consumer Project on Technology. Pressure Mounts for U.S. to Open Competition on Two Government Funded Medicines.

January 29, 2004, March-in press release on Norvir and Xalatan

January 29, 2004, March-in backgrounder

Government funding for Xalatan
News stories
February 18, 2004, David Scales and Sanjay Basu in the Yale Daily News, Gov't should use power to make drugs affordable

January 28, 2004, Lisa Richwine, in Reuters, US firm seeks license for Pfizer, Abbott drugs

January 28, 2004, Forbes.com (earlier version of Lisa Richwine's piece in Reuters), US firm seeks license for Pfizer, Abbott drugs