China lab seeks patent on use of Gilead's coronavirus treatment

[F-22Raptor]

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A state-run Chinese research institute has applied for a patent on the use of Gilead Sciences' experimental U.S. antiviral drug, which scientists think could provide treatment for the coronavirus that has killed hundreds and infected thousands.

The Wuhan Institute of Virology of the China Academy of Sciences, based in the city where the outbreak is believed to have originated, said in a statement on Tuesday it applied to patent the use of Remdesivir, an antiviral drug developed by Gilead (GILD.O), to treat the virus.

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week reported a coronavirus patient in the United States was found to show an improvement after taking Remdesivir, which is also used to treat infectious diseases such as Ebola.


The Wuhan Institute of Virology did not respond to Reuters' request for comment.

"Even if the Wuhan Institute's application gets authorized, the role is very limited because Gilead still owns the fundamental patent of the drug," said Zhao Youbin, a Shanghai-based intellectual property counsel at Purplevine IP Service Co.

"Any exploitation of the patent must seek approval from Gilead."

Gilead did not immediately respond to request for comment but last week said it was working with China to test Remdesivir for use in a small number of patients with the coronavirus.

The application was submitted jointly with the Military Medicine Institute of the People's Liberation Army Academy of Military Science, according to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Scientists from both institutes said in a paper published in Nature's Cell Research on Tuesday that they found both Remdesivir and Chloroquine, which is used to treat malaria, to be an effective way to inhibit the coronavirus.

The Wuhan-based laboratory said in its statement that the patent application was filed on Jan. 21 and aimed at protecting China's national interests. However, it said it would temporarily drop its patent claims if the opportunity arose to collaborate with foreign pharmaceutical firms to fight the epidemic.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...f-gileads-coronavirus-treatment-idUSKBN1ZZ0RL

 

[tower9]

Just more proof this was a cia plot

 

[YeBeWarned]

I wonder if change in Atmosphere or weather will have any effect on the Virus ?

 

[W.11]

virus outbreak in china but vaccination made in USA, china will then put a made in china label as usual.

regards

 

[Globenim]

Leave it to American regime mouthpieces and their mouthbreathing troll army, who as usual have no clue what they are talking about, including unsurprisingly even most fundamental principals of international(ized) patent laws for application of pharmaceuticals, to make it sound like the Wuhan Institute of Virology is trying to "steal" or "overwrite" some "American" intellectual property and sell it as their own, rather than patenting something that simply is not patented yet in a completely ordinary and lawfull process completely ordinary in the pharma industry.