US Patent Issued to Galectin Sciences on Aug. 5 for "Compounds for the prevention and treatment of medical disorders and uses thereof" (Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,102, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Galectin Sciences LLC (Norcross, Ga.).

"Compounds for the prevention and treatment of medical disorders and uses thereof" was invented by Raphael Nir (Needham, Mass.), Eliezer Zomer (Newton, Mass.), Peter G. Traber (Gladwyne, Pa.), Joseph M. Johnson (Arlington, Mass.), Ryan George (Framingham, Mass.) and Sharon Shechter (Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the invention relate to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the manufacturing of compounds and methods for treatment of various disorders mediated at least in part by one or more galectins."

The patent was ...