ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,359, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to DOMPE FARMACEUTICI S.P.A. (Milan).

"Composition for the treatment of muscle wasting" was invented by Marcello Allegretti (Rome), Andrea Aramini (L'Aquila, Italy) and Gianluca Bianchini (L'Aquila, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to compositions comprising branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) and the amino acid L-Alanine and their use in the prevention and/or treatment of muscle wasting associated to pathological or age-related conditions."

The patent was filed on June 29, 2020, under Application No. 17/619,733.

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