US Patent Issued to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on Nov. 4 for "Antibody therapies for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)" (Washington, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,989, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. (Boston).

"Antibody therapies for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)" was invented by Dan H. Barouch (Newton, Mass.), Bruce A. Kerwin (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Randal R. Ketchem (Snohomish, Wash.), Alison J. Gillespie (Seattle), Christine C. Siska (Seattle), Rutilio H. Clark (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Julee A. Floyd (Seattle) and Jeremy M. Shaver (Lake Forest Park, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Featured are PGDM1400 variant antibodies or fragments thereof, which can be administered, e.g., as antibody therapies for treating human immunodeficiency...