US Patent Issued to Enanta Pharmaceuticals on May 13 for "Benzodiazepine derivatives as RSV inhibitors" (Massachusetts, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,209, issued on May 13, was assigned to Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Watertown, Mass.).

"Benzodiazepine derivatives as RSV inhibitors" was invented by Brian C. Shook (Holliston, Mass.), In Jong Kim (Lexington, Mass.), Thomas P. Blaisdell (Watertown, Mass.), Jianming Yu (Plainsboro, N.J.), Joseph D. Panarese (Newton, Mass.) and Yat Sun Or (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof:which inhibit Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising th...