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New perspectives for leishmaniasis chemotherapy over current anti-leishmanial drugs: a patent landscape

2014; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 25; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1517/13543776.2014.993969

ISSN

1744-7674

Autores

Alice Machado-Silva, Pedro Pires Goulart Guimarães, Carlos Alberto Pereira Tavares, Rubén D. Sinisterra,

Tópico(s)

Research on Leishmaniasis Studies

Resumo

Introduction: Although leishmaniasis is estimated to cause the ninth largest disease burden among individual infectious diseases, it is still one of the most neglected diseases in terms of drug development. Current drugs are highly toxic, resistance is common and compliance of patients to treatment is low, as treatment is long and drug price is high.

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