ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,187, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas).

"Texaphyrin-Pt(IV) conjugates and compositions for use in overcoming platinum resistance" was invented by Jonathan L. Sessler (Austin, Texas), Jonathan Arambula (Austin, Texas), Zahid H. Siddik (Houston) and Gregory Thiabaud (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates platinum(IV) and texaphyrin linked conjugates and compositions comprising a texaphyrin and a platinum(IV) agent. The present disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions of the conjugates and compositions. Also, provided here...