US Patent Issued to ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS on July 1 for "Biodegradable lipids for the delivery of active agents" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,398, issued on July 1, was assigned to ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Biodegradable lipids for the delivery of active agents" was invented by Martin Maier (Cambridge, Mass.), Muthusamy Jayaraman (Cambridge, Mass.), Akin Akinc (Cambridge, Mass.), Shigeo Matsuda (Cambridge, Mass.), Pachamuthu Kandasamy (Cambridge, Mass.), Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev (Cambridge, Mass.), Muthiah Manoharan (Cambridge, Mass.), Jayaprakash K. Nair (Cambridge, Mass.) and Thomas A. Baillie (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cationic lipid having one or more biodegradable groups located in a lip...