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. 2022 Sep 2;6(1):84–114. doi: 10.1057/s42214-022-00143-y

Table 5.

Selected examples of NTD inventions patented by FIOCRUZ, Brazil

Disease targeted Invention use Invention type Patent description Date published
Chagas Diagnostic Compounds Antigens and synthetic polypeptides for use in diagnosing Chagas 1991
Chagas Therapeutic Compounds Synergistic antagonists used in combined therapy with prio-oxidizing drugs, specifically benznidazole 2010
Chagas Therapeutic Compounds Pharmaceutical compositions for detecting and controlling tricatoms, the vectors of Chagas disease 2005
Chagas Therapeutic Compounds Lentinus strigosus extracts and pharmaceutical compositions used for the inhibition of cancer tumors and Chagas disease 2008
Chagas Diagnostic Method and compounds Method kit for the detection of T. cruzi in saliva 2001
Infectious diseases Diagnostic Method and compounds Process of preparing antigen compositions for the use in diagnosing infectious diseases 1992
Infectious diseases Therapeutic Compounds Compounds for treatment or prevention of infectious diseases 2008
Leishmaniasis Therapeutic Compounds Polypeptides for use in the treatment of leishmaniasis 2006
Leishmaniasis Diagnostic Compounds Use of recombinant leishmania antigens in detecting, identifying, and qualifying specific antibodies in biological material to be used for the diagnosis of leishmaniasis and further uses (treatment, vaccines) 2010
Leishmaniasis Therapeutic Compounds Vinca alkaloid extracts used for treating leishmaniasis 2000
Leishmaniasis Therapeutic Compounds Metabolites and inhibitors of leishmaniasis 2009
Leishmaniasis Therapeutic Compounds Process of obtaining compounds and derivatives for the treatment of leishmaniasis 2008
Leishmaniasis Diagnostic therapeutic Method Process for preparing antigens for diagnosis of and vaccination for cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis 1990
Leishmaniasis Therapeutic Compounds Pharmaceutical composition containing alagoa red propolis extract in combination with injectable meglumine antimoniate for treating tetanus leishmaniasis 2017
Leishmaniasis Diagnostic Method and compounds Molecular differentiation of leishmania species 2002
Malaria Diagnostic Compounds Plasmodium gallinaceum antigens for use in the diagnosis of malaria 2001
Malaria Therapeutic Compounds Antimalarial composition using a combination of natural polyphenol curcumin and sodium diethyldithiocarbamate for the treatment of malaria 2018
Malaria Therapeutic Compounds Compounds derived from artesunate for the treatment of parasitic diseases such as malaria 2005
Tuberculosis Diagnostic Vaccine compounds Recombinant. Mycobacterium proteins for the diagnosis of tuberculosis and a tuberculosis vaccine 2015
Tuberculosis Therapeutic Compounds Pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of tuberculosis 2017
Tuberculosis Therapeutic Compounds A-ketoacyl compounds used to develop new derivatives of isoniazid for the treatment of tuberculosis 2016
Tuberculosis Therapeutic Compounds Azole compounds used as tuberculostatic and leishmanicidal agents and pharma compositions 2007

Source Authors elaboration from the original dataset