ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,831, issued on March 4, was assigned to EDGEWISE THERAPEUTICS INC. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Pyridazinone compounds and uses thereof" was invented by Kevin Hunt (Boulder, Colo.), Kevin Koch (Boulder, Colo.), Alan Russell (Boulder, Colo.), Stephen Schlachter (Boulder, Colo.), Paul Winship (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Chris Steele (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Substituted pyridazinone compounds, conjugates, and pharmaceutical compositions for use in the treatment of neuromuscular diseases, such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), are disclosed herein. The disclosed compounds are useful, among other things, in th...