Tecnologias que empregam fármacos antiparasitários para tratamento da doença Chagas

With increasing diagnostic Chagas disease, it is necessary to develop drugs that have a greater effect against parasites. This article aims to present a technological mapping of patent documents related to technologies employing antiparasitic drugs to treat Chagas disease, through the patent database United States Patent and Trademark Office - USPTO. 117 patents were analyzed, and the first patent was filed on that basis in 1976. The results show that studies of the treatment of Chagas disease through antiparasitic drugs are in development, focused on preventing the disease, and most of them are subsidized by private initiatives. There is little interest from the pharmaceutical industry to develop new drugs for treatment and universities have no incentive to develop research in this area.