ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,448, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ANNOVIS BIO INC. (Berwyn, Pa.).

"Prevention or of disease states due to metal dis-homeostasis via administration of posiphen to healthy or sick humans" was invented by Maria Maccecchini (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates in part to a method of maintaining heavy metal homeostasis in healthy humans, comprising chronically administering to healthy humans a pharmaceutical composition consisting of from about 1 mg to less than about 200 mg of Posiphen or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, o...