ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,362, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS INC. (New Haven, Conn.) and INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris).

"Methods for treating diseases associated with ciliopathies" was invented by Sophie Saunier (Paris), Luis Briseno-Roa (Paris), Soraya Sin-Monnot (Levallois-perret, France), Jean-philippe Annereau (Antony, France), Marion Delous (Lyons, France), Hugo Garcia (Maisons-Alfort, France), Guillermo Del Angel (Lexington, Mass.) and Flora Legendre (Eaubonne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of treating a ciliopathy-associated disease are disclosed, including administering t...