ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,116, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to AUREO Co. LTD. (Kimitsu, Japan) and NATIONAL CENTER HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT (Tokyo).

"Composition for enhancing effect of antibody drug" was invented by Ko Rii (Tokyo), Masayuki Fujino (Tokyo) and Yukiko Moriya (Kimitsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a composition capable of enhancing the effect of an antibody drug such as an immune checkpoint inhibitor, etc. A Beta-glucan is used as an active ingredient of a composition for enhancing the effect of an antibody drug. This composition is used suitably for antibody drugs that have an effect of suppressing growth of cancer via immun...