US Patent Issued to FARMALIDER on Feb. 3 for "Montelukast for the treatment of erosive hand osteoarthritis" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,296, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to FARMALIDER S.A. (Madrid).

"Montelukast for the treatment of erosive hand osteoarthritis" was invented by Jordi Monfort Faure (Madrid), Josep Verges Milano (Madrid), Fernando Garcia Alonso (Madrid), Jordi Ramentol Massana (Madrid), Jose Angel Sanchez Garcia (Madrid), Nuria Sanz Menendez (Madrid) and Marta Vicario De La Torre (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to montelukast for use in the treatment of erosive hand osteoarthritis. According to this use, montelukast can be administered either orally or topically, in the form of any suitable pharmaceutical compositio...