Intellectual property of antiophidic serum: the effectiveness from the correlation between federal government investments in the main institutes responsible for the production of serum and conducting researches for the treatment of official accidents in Brazil, with regard to the accident of disease acts

Abstract Background Snakebite poisoning is a latent global public health problem. In this context, Brazil is a world reference in the treatment of this type of accident. It is important to highlight that the treatment of ophidian accidents in the country was evidenced by the studies of the sanitary veterinarian Vital Brazil, who patented the treatment and donated to the Brazilian state. But what impact did this act have on society since patent management became a state obligation? Objective Based on an analysis of the evolution of the treatment of ophidism, we aimed to verify the correlation between the investments of the Federal Government in the main institutes responsible for the production of serum and researching the treatment of ophidian accidents in Brazil, number of fatal accident victims. Method A statistical correlation analysis was performed based on accidents and deaths resulting from ophidian accidents and government investments in the main institutes producing anti-blind sera from 1998 to 2017. Results The results showed that there is a clear evolution in the number of accidents resulting from ophidian accidents in Brazil. Conclusion there is a positive correlation between the investments of the Brazilian government to control the mortality resulting from these accidents.