ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,289, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Heterocyclic compounds as delta-5 desaturase inhibitors and methods of use" was invented by Jennifer R. Allen (Newbury Park, Calif.), Albert Amegadzie (Moorpark, Calif.), Matthew P. Bourbeau (Woodland Hills, Calif.), Ning Chen (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Clifford Goodman (Calabasas, Calif.), Giulia Lattanzi (Verona, Italy), Iain Lingard (Verona, Italy), Qingyian Liu (Camarillo, Calif.), Jonathan D. Low (Reseda, Calif.), Vu Van Ma (Oak Park, Calif.), Ana E. Minatti (Los Angeles), Alfonso Pozzan (Verona, Italy), Corey Reeves (Los Angeles), Aaron C. Siegmund (Ventura, Calif.), Sabrina Tassini (Verona, Italy), F...