US Patent Issued to CURIA SPAIN, S.A.U. on Dec. 9 for "Process and intermediates for the preparation of Voxelotor" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,180, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to CURIA SPAIN, S.A.U. (Boecillo, Spain).

"Process and intermediates for the preparation of Voxelotor" was invented by Juan Jose Ferreiro Gil (Boecillo-Valladolid, Spain), Jesus Miguel Iglesias Retuerto (Boecillo-Valladolid, Spain) and Antonio Lorente Bonde-Larsen (Boecillo-Valladolid, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for the preparation of Voxelotor, or a salt or solvate thereof, which comprises the use of a compound of formula (I) or (I'), or a salt or solvate thereof."

The patent was filed on Dec. 20, 2019, under Application No. 17/416,983.

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