ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,130, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to APTAMER DIAGNOSTICS Ltd. (North Yorkshire, Great Britain).

"Aptamer against irinotecan" was invented by Katarzyna Bialas (York, Great Britain), Christine Reinemann (York, Great Britain), Edward Barnes (York, Great Britain), David Bunka (York, Great Britain) and Arron Tolley (York, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates inter alia to aptamers that specifically bind to Irinotecan and methods of using the same."

The patent was filed on Nov. 27, 2019, under Application No. 17/415,998.

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