US Patent Issued to Amgen on Jan. 27 for "Methods of treating or preventing cholesterol related disorders" (California, Illinois, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,539, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Methods of treating or preventing cholesterol related disorders" was invented by Joyce Chi Yee Chan (San Francisco), John P. Gibbs (Mercer Island, Wash.), Clapton S. Dias (Newbury Park, Calif.), Scott Wasserman (Newbury Park, Calif.), Robert Andrew Donald Scott (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Christi L. Clogston (Camarillo, Calif.), Timothy David Osslund (David, Calif.) and Evan A. Stein (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods of treating or preventing cholesterol related disorders, such as hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidem...