MUMBAI, India, Feb. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517008901 A) filed by Oxford Antibiotic Group Gmbh, Tulln, Austria, on Feb. 3, for 'agent containing malonic acid or its derivatives for restoring metal homeostasis.'

Inventor(s) include Genov, Miroslav; Pretsch, Alexander; and Pretsch, Dagmar.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 21, under issue no. 08/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to malonic acid and derivatives thereof according to the below formula (I) for use as drugs for promoting metallothionein biosynthesis in a patient: (I) wherein X and Y each independently is selected from O-M+, -OR1 and -NR2R...