US Patent Issued to EmpathBio on Oct. 28 for "Nitric oxide releasing prodrugs of MDA and MDMA" (Massachusetts, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,516, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to EmpathBio Inc. (New York).

"Nitric oxide releasing prodrugs of MDA and MDMA" was invented by Robert B. Perni (Marlborough, Mass.), Glenn Short (Scituate, Mass.) and Tanweer A. Khan (Bridgewater, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), Formula (II), and Formula (III) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and A are defined herein. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I), Formula (II), or Formula (III) and methods of using a compound of Formula (I), Formula (II), or...