US Patent Issued to Agios Pharmaceuticals on Sept. 30 for "Therapeutic compounds and compositions" (Massachusetts, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,376, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Therapeutic compounds and compositions" was invented by Francesco G. Salituro (Marlborough, Mass.), Jeffrey O. Saunders (Lincoln, Mass.) and Shunqi Yan (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compounds and compositions comprising compounds that modulate pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) are described herein. Also described herein are methods of using the compounds that modulate PKM2 in the treatment of cancer."

The patent was filed on Nov. 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/507,013.

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