Revisiting the concept of Innovative Developing Countries (IDCs) for its relevance to health innovation and neglected tropical diseases and for the prevention and control of epidemics

• Alexandre Guimarães Vasconcellos ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alexguim@inpi.gov.br (AGV); morel@cdts.fiocruz.br (CMM)

  Affiliation Postgraduate and Research Division, National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Bruna de Paula Fonseca e Fonseca,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Institute of Science and Technology for Innovation on Diseases of Neglected Populations (INCT-IDPN), Center for Technological Development in Health (CDTS), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Carlos Medicis Morel

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alexguim@inpi.gov.br (AGV); morel@cdts.fiocruz.br (CMM)

  Affiliation National Institute of Science and Technology for Innovation on Diseases of Neglected Populations (INCT-IDPN), Center for Technological Development in Health (CDTS), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2752-0009

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