US Patent Issued to Da Zen Theranostics on Sept. 16 for "Organic anion transporting peptide-based cancer imaging and therapy" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,996, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Da Zen Theranostics Inc. (Beverly Hills, Calif.).

"Organic anion transporting peptide-based cancer imaging and therapy" was invented by Leland W. K. Chung (Beverly Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dye-drug conjugate for preventing, treating, or imaging cancer having the following structure:wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of -H, alkyl, alkyl-sulphonate, alkylcarboxylic, alkylamino, aryl, -SO3H, -PO3H, -OH, -NH2, and -halogen; wherein Y1 and Y2 is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkylsulphonate, alkyl...