US Patent Issued to Annexon on Dec. 30 for "Inhibitors of complement factors and uses thereof" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,474, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Annexon Inc. (Brisbane, Calif.).

"Inhibitors of complement factors and uses thereof" was invented by Dean R. Artis (Kensington, Calif.), Colin P. Leslie (Pozzolengo, Italy), Luca B. Mileo (San Giovanni Lupatoto, Italy), Claudia Beato (Castel d'azzano, Italy), Federico Sorana (Verona, Italy), Bruno Di Guglielmo (Verona, Italy) and Chiara Padroni (Villafranca di Verona, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are compounds of formula I and II and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are methods of treating a neurodegenerative disorder, an inflammatory disease, an autoi...