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Innovative Project of the Month
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            Innovative Project of the Month
            β Coronavirus








        Objective:                  The objective of the landscape study was carried out to find treatment,
                                             diagnosis methods patented for β Coronavirus genus to which COVID-19
                                             belongs


        Data source:              Multiple free and commercial Patent databases


        Nature of data:         Treatment methods – Chemical compounds, biological compounds,
                                     natural products, vaccine, antibodies, peptides, gene therapy &

                                 diagnosis methods for COVID – 19


        Skills:                          Analyst skilled in Biotechnology, Virology


        Insights delivered:


                                 Covid-19  is the most lethal Coronavirus infection ever recorded with a
                                 mortality rate around 2-4% but high rates of transmission



                                 Patent filling trends indicates efforts in finding new therapy and diagnosis
                                             need to be scaled up, and sustained research is the need of the hour


                                 As seen in case of SARS and MERS in the past, the patent application filing
                                 up surged by almost 1000%. A similar increasing filing trend is expected in
                                 the case of COVID-19 in next couple of months

                                 China has invested significant efforts in therapy and diagnosis of CoV &
                                 three out of top five assignees are from China


        For further details about COVID – 19 visit our website www.molecularconnections.com










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