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EXPERT OPINION ON THERAPEUTIC PATENTS
卷 28, 期 8, 页码 615-623出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13543776.2018.1508454
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Tuberculosis; diagnosis; treatment; patent survey
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused due to an infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M TB) bacilli affecting millions of people worldwide. It is the ninth leading cause of death and ranks above the HIV/AIDS. The unique intracellular life cycle, more dangerous drug-resistant forms of bacilli, and insufficient investments in the TB research and development hindered the occurrence of optimum diagnostic, preventive, and treatment strategy against this disease. Areas covered: The aim of this review is to provide an update and overview of the current trends in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of the disease. It summarizes a recent patent literature (2014-2017) available on the same. Expert opinion: Some questions like 'why most of these inventions do not reach up to the market for public use? Are these inventions being explored only to get a financial return to a particular industry or do they have any societal benefit?' emphatically come to mind. Together with the efforts taken by various governmental and nongovernmental organizations, a public awareness about the recent advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease is of the highest importance to make the end of TB' from the universe.
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