MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517048248 A) filed by Boehringer Ingelheim International Gmbh, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, on May 19, for 'heterocyclic compounds as sting antagonists.'

Inventor(s) include Hoffmann, Matthias; Brambilla, Marta; Dahmann, Georg; Gross, Patrick; Handschuh, Sandra Ruth; Li, Jun; Mayer, Camilla; Nar, Herbert; and Oost, Thorsten.

The application for the patent was published on June 6, under issue no. 23/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This invention relates to compounds of formula (1), and their use as STING antagonists e.g. for the treatment of a disease selected from the group consisting of systemic lupus...