US Patent Issued to Ashibio on Sept. 23 for "Methods for treating fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,321, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Ashibio Inc. (Brisbane, Calif.).

"Methods for treating fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva" was invented by Pankaj Bhargava (Redwood City, Calif.) and Victoria Smith (Burlingame, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for treating non hereditary heterotopic ossification and genetic heterotopic ossification, such as fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive (FOP). Such methods are directed to MMP-9 inhibition in therapeutic applications."

The patent was filed on Jan. 22, 2025, under Application No. 19/034,098.

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