ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,739, issued on June 17, was assigned to Aardvark Therapeutic Inc. (San Diego).

"Isoflavonoid compounds and methods for the treatment of cancer" was invented by George Jeoffreys (Baulkham Hills, Australia), Alison Johnson (Drummoyne, Australia), Andrew Heaton (Alexandria, Australia) and Ofir Moreno (Poway, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one isoflavonoid. Also provided herein are methods of treating cancer, sensitizing cancer cells, and inducing apoptosis in cancer cells by administering such compositions."

The patent was filed on Aug. 1, 2023, under Applicatio...