A British couple has laid claim to the invention, University of Manchester, UK, the patent and a New Zealand firm, the manufacturing rights. “We are in the process of applying for a review of the patent with a view of being enjoined,” says Dr Maranga. Interestingly, the Trust, which has Dr Maranga as its chairman was registered in Kenya five months into the trials. “I don’t consider this as a case of conflict of interest because the Trust was not a donor as erroneously indicated in the study registry,” Dr Maranga explained. The next phase of the study would involve about 5,000 pre-cancerous women with the obvious benefits of possible cure.

Source: Standard Digital February 11, 2017 21:00 UTC