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Search Results: keywords:"government-owned invention"

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 95800
    Reading Time:about a minute or two

    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced the availability of a government-owned invention for licensing, aimed at speeding up the commercialization of research funded by the government to benefit public health. This invention involves analogues of N-Lactoyl-Phenylalanine (Lac-Phe), which could serve as appetite suppressants and help treat obesity and related diseases. It is currently in the preclinical development stage and is open for licensing under U.S. patent law. Interested parties can contact Malabika Ghosh at the NIH for licensing details.

    Simple Explanation

    The government has a new medicine that might help people not feel hungry and could stop kids from getting too big; they want to share it with companies to make it useful for people soon.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 8213
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering a government-owned invention for licensing. This invention is a vaccine that uses a virus vector called VSV-EBOV to express the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. The vaccine has shown effective protection against the virus in animal tests, and it only requires a single dose. It is designed to be inexpensive to produce and provides high levels of antibodies to fight COVID-19.

    Simple Explanation

    The government has a special invention that can help protect people from a virus called COVID-19. They're looking for companies to make and sell the vaccine so it can help lots of people stay healthy.