US Patent Issued to Asteroid Therapeutics on Oct. 28 for "Steroidal compositions and methods of treating lipogenic cancers" (California, Massachusetts, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,547, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Asteroid Therapeutics (Indianapolis).

"Steroidal compositions and methods of treating lipogenic cancers" was invented by Antonio Feula (San Mateo, Calif.), Francesco G Salituro (Marlborough, Mass.) and Ryan Edward Stites (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention describes novel steroidal compounds, compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as SREBP inhibitors, as LXR agonists, or as dual modulators of SREBP and LXR, to treat SREBP and/or LXR mediated diseases."

The patent was filed on April 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/305,332.

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