ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,790, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Atossa Therapeutics Inc. (Seattle).

"Methods for making and using endoxifen" was invented by Steven C. Quay (Seattle), Yao-Lin Sun (Tainan, Taiwan), LungHu Wang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), ChangJung Wu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and ChuanDer Huang (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides industrially scalable methods of making (Z)-endoxifen or a salt thereof, crystalline forms of endoxifen, and compositions comprising them. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating hormone-dependent breast and hormone-dependent reproductive tract disorders."

The patent w...