Scientists are developing the medicine for West Nile fever

16:03, August 26, 2016

Patented chemical formula has become one of the best Russian inventions

The experts of Ural Federal University and the Ural Center of Biopharmaceutical Technologies joined the development of the medicine for the treatment of West Nile fever. The chemical formula created by the scientists was included in the list of the best inventions of Russia in 2015, compelled by the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent).

Rospatent document contains 92 inventions and information about the achievements of Russian scientists in the field of agriculture and food industry, the creation of chemical compounds and the introduction of new medicines.

Russian patent of the medicine for West Nile fever belongs to the Ural Center of Biopharmaceutical Technologies. The problem of obtaining the same patent abroad is being considered now.

The research team of Ural Federal University included such famous scientists as Oleg Chupahin, Vladimir Rusinov, Evgeny Ulomsky, Konstantin Savateev and Stepan Borisov. The success of scientists can be considered the first step in the long road to the launch of a new medicine production. There is a large set of pre-clinical tests ahead.