Newsletter: “No patent, no right”: UP lawyer highlights scientists’ need to protect inventions

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By: Harvey L. Sapigao

In the '90s, Dr. Neila Cortes-Maramba of UP Manila led a team of scientists investigating ten medicinal plants in the Philippines. Two of these plants exhibited promising results—one for cough and the other for urinary tract infections. The team patented Vitex negundo (Lagundi) and Blumea balsamifera (Sambong) in syrup and tablet forms, granting them exclusive rights to these medicines. 

Two PH teams in GiveSIGHT and World MAQI are finalists in global space data competition for COVID-19

07/31/2021 03:30:48 PM

Our two teams had been recently selected by the United States space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), European Space Agency (ESA), and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as global finalists for the all-virtual Earth Observation Dashboard Hackathon held last this past June.