US Patent Issued to EPICENTRX on July 15 for "Methods and compositions utilizing RRx-001 combination therapy for radioprotection" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,608, issued on July 15, was assigned to EPICENTRX INC. (La Jolla, Calif.).

"Methods and compositions utilizing RRx-001 combination therapy for radioprotection" was invented by Bryan T. Oronsky (La Jolla, Calif.), Arnold Oronsky (La Jolla, Calif.) and Tony R. Reid (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are therapeutic methods, kits, and pharmaceutical compositions for protecting a subject from radiation using a therapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of RRx-OO1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. One exemplary therapeutic method involves administering RRx-OO1 to the subject prior to t...