ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,161, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to BicycleTx Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Linkers" was invented by Kevin McDonnell (Lexington, Mass.), Gemma Mudd (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Paul John Beswick (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to novel linkers which comprise two or three basic, acidic or hydrophobic natural or non-natural amino acids. The invention also relates to drug conjugates comprising said linkers, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said drug conjugates and to the use of said drug conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating cancer."
The patent was filed on Aug...