QBRI records highest number of invention disclosures in 2020 – MENAFN.COM

QBRI records highest number of invention disclosures in 2020 – MENAFN.COM

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Doha: Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) is on a mission to improve and transform healthcare. This national center of excellence under Qatar Foundation (QF)'s Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), is tackling the nation's health priorities through translational research that turns its new scientific discoveries into life-saving therapies and meaningful health outcomes. At its state-of-the-art core facilities, QBRI's translational biomedical research focuses on innovation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetes, neurological disorders, as well as cancer and immunity. Many of QBRI's research projects have already yielded invention disclosures that have associated intellectual property rights, including patent, trademark, and trade secret. A clear indicator of the institute's impactful translational research is the exponential growth in the number of disclosures - which represents the first official recording of an invention. There has been an increasing number of disclosures since QBRI's inception, reaching the highest level to date in 2020 with 32 disclosures of novel ideas. "An increasing number of invention disclosures is certainly a notable achievement for QBRI, but the real importance is how these inventions can translate into benefits for the healthcare system and population of Qatar and the world at large," said John McEntire, Director