US Patent Issued to ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE on Jan. 13 for "Copper complexes for treatment of neurodegenerative disorders" (American, Russian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,618, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Copper complexes for treatment of neurodegenerative disorders" was invented by Matvey Lukashev (Upton, Mass.), Alexei Pushechnikov (San Diego), Peter Demin (Moscow) and Kyle Denton (Medford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to copper complexes, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these complexes, chemical processes for preparing these complexes, and their use in the treatment of neurodegenerative disease, e.g., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)."

The patent was filed on April 23, 2024, under Applicat...