ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,434, issued on April 29, was assigned to Emory University (Atlanta).
"Pan-tropic entry inhibitors" was invented by Dennis Liotta (Atlanta), Edgars Jecs (Chicago), Yesim Altas Tahirovic (Decatur, Ga.), Lawrence Wilson (Chamblee, Ga.) and Stephen Pelly (Lilburn, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to compounds according to Formula (I), salts, prodrugs and pharmaceutical formulation comprising the compound are provided herein for the treatment of CXCR4 and CCR5 related conditions. The conditions may include viral infections, abnormal cellular proliferation, retinal degeneration and inflammatory diseases, or the com...