Social Security is the health institution with the most ownership titles: 67; four, in process

From the Editorial

La Jornada Newspaper
Monday, October 7, 2024, p. 21

The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) has 67 registered patents, making it the health institution with the largest number of property titles, and is in the process of obtaining four more. During this management, he increased studies on priority topics in health, publications and scientific citations.

As part of the Translada Translational Research Program, the study was expanded into priority topics, including cancer, kidney health, metabolic diseases, obesity, antimicrobial resistance and mental health.

Through a statement, the head of the Health Research Coordination, Dr. Laura Cecilia Bonifaz Alfonzo, indicated that The main objective of doing science is to keep up with health problems; research is knowledge generation and cutting edge; In Social Security the most important thing is to put our patients at the center.

He explained that the IMSS has 67 patents, which makes it the health institution with the largest number of property titles.” Likewise, the institute is promoting a package of four patents related to the treatment of anxiety and related symptoms such as insomnia, lack of concentration, sweating, nervousness and some stomach conditions, through the development of phytomedicines that have the Galphimia glauca plant as their active ingredient. .

In science dissemination, he stated as an achievement that from 2018 to date there are 1,644 scientific publications and 6,475 citations of all the institute’s publications: They quote us from China, the United States, Latin America and Europe, as well as from renowned health institutes.

Social Security has the Archives of Medical Research magazine, which during this administration obtained the highest impact factor of 7.7, which places it as the most important magazine in Latin America and among the 26 most relevant in the world in research and health.