US Patent Issued to Epitech Group on July 29 for "Method for the treatment of COVID-19 infections with palmitoylethanolamide" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,157, issued on July 29, was assigned to Epitech Group S.p.A. (Milan).

"Method for the treatment of COVID-19 infections with palmitoylethanolamide" was invented by Francesco Della Valle (Milan), Maria Federica Della Valle (Milan), Gabriele Marcolongo (Milan), Giuliano Claps (Milan), Chiara Gomiero (Milan), Vito Safina (Milan), Annalisa Noce (Milan), Salvatore Cuzzocrea (Milan) and Giuseppe Esposito (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of treating a COVID-19 infection by administering an effective amount of an endogenous compound devoid of significant toxicity. In particular, the present inven...