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Illustration: Yves Haltner

Illustration: Yves Haltner

Bless you! A nasal spray as protection against Covid? Researchers at the Department of Veterinary Science and other institutions are working with a vaccine development company to determine the effectiveness of an immunization taken as a nasal spray. A patent has been filed and is meant to join the other 90 patent families at Freie Universität.
 


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A nasal spray that administers an attenuated coronavirus vaccine protects better against Covid-19 than the mRNA vaccination. At least, that is a conclusion reached by veterinarian Jakob Trimpert and his team after initial studies on animal models. Researchers from the Department of Veterinary Medicine and other institutions along with developers from the vaccine development company RocketVax are investigating whether it also works better in humans. The Patent and Licensing Service in the Research Division of Freie Universität is responsible for the legal protection of research findings as well as the use of the patents by third parties.