US Patent Issued to Children's Hospital Medical Center on Sept. 16 for "Compositions and methods of treating liver disease" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,967, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati).

"Compositions and methods of treating liver disease" was invented by Takanori Takebe (Cincinnati) and Rie Ouchi (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods of treating or reducing the occurrence of a steatohepatitis disorder. The disorder may include, for example, NASH, parenteral nutrition associated liver disease (PNALD), or genetic forms of liver disease. The method may comprise the step of administering a composition comprising obeticholic acid to an individual in need thereof."

The patent was filed on April 24, 2020, ...