Posts Tagged: "SARS"

Eli Lilly Obtains Patent on SARS Vaccine

Not all of Eli Lilly and Company’s developments are strictly related to human health. Today’s featured patent application discusses a form of dietary additive for animals that can reduce the chances of insect populations thriving on manure. The new dietary additive formula is much safer to animals and the environment than previous additives. Other patent applications include a few inhibitor treatments to reduce the progression of cancer, as well as an application that discusses improvements to medication dose delivery devices. We also look at a few issued patents that improve the portfolio of Eli Lilly’s patent holdings. Three of these patents protect improved methods of treating various diseases, including diabetes, tumors and hyperlipidemias. Another patent protects a method of creating a vaccine for the infectious viral disease SARS. Finally, we look at a patent that discusses a method of healing wounds that utilizes naturally occurring, low-toxicity spinosyns.