An USPTO patent has been granted to Regulus Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company which leads the discovery and development of innovative medicines targeting microRNAs (miR) on 12 November 2015. The patent is related to Regulus' most advanced two microRNA therapeutics, RG-101(GalNAc-conjugated anti-miR-122 being developed to treat HCV...

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a key patent to Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB) (USOTC:MBLTY) casing employment of the Company's proprietary adult Mesenchymal Precursor Cells (MPCs) for the formation and repair of blood vessels in ischemic tissues. The announcement about the recent patent grant was made on Oct. 27th 2015.

“Can the genes be patented or not has been pondered since the commencement of the Human Genome Project. Numerous questions about whether discovery of a gene is sufficient to claim an invention and whether gene patents promote or asphyxiate research and the clinical use of genomics have been lifted up since then. In a landmark...

In a commendable initiative, world’s first comprehensive open database on curcumin has been created by Indian scientists from Kolkata with an aim to create substitutional innovation strategy and generate public awareness. The Curcumin Resource Database (CRDB) or portal is a collaborative effort of the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G), Institute of Advanced Study on Science...

The emblematic, soft hearted-cheesy-sugar syrupy filled rasgulla has again become a victim of a bitter debate with respect to its origin and continues to bamboozle its admirers. Both Odisha and West Bengal have been making claims over the origin of the delicacy and attempting to get the geographical indication tag for this mouthwatering sweet. The...

A recently published report in Azonano.com dated 13th September 2015, states development of a breakthrough device that can significantly reduce the cost of sophisticated lab tests for medical disorders and diseases and glorified credit goes to engineers from Rutgers School of Engineering, New Jersey. As proposed, the medical device could reduce cost of sophisticated tests...

It was on August 20, 2015, that Caprotec Bioanalytics, GmbH proclaimed issue of patent by United States Patent Office (No. US 9,034,789) entitled “Capture Compounds, Collections Thereof and Methods for Analyzing the Proteome and Complex Compositions” on ground-breaking Capture Compound Mass Spectrometry (CCMS) technology. Caprotec, founded in 2007 by serial entrepreneur Prof. Hubert Koester is...

Once again in the successful row of winning patent battles based on traditional knowledge, India has attained global attention as an Indian public sector laboratory from Bhavnagar has gained victory over an exceptional patent battle on a method of producing iodized salt against a huge multi-national company, Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL). Both in a humble...

The Indian Patent Office in a verdict on July 1, 2015, for the second time, rejected Swiss drug maker Roche’s patent claims on Valganciclovir or Valcyte, used to treat an eye infection, which commonly affects patients suffering from acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The decision was made mainly on grounds of “obviousness” and Sec 3(d)...

Indian medical innovation is over again in glare of publicity in biotechnology sector as a leader in stem cell therapy and the credit goes to Dr Geeta Shroff, Founder and Medical Director, Nutech Mediworld in being granted 66th patent on ground breaking human embryonic stem cell technology to treat incurable diseases in Malaysia. Earlier in...