ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,480, issued on May 20, was assigned to Genfit (Loos, France).

"Methods of treatment of cholestatic diseases" was invented by Remy Hanf (Lille, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the use of compound 1-[4-methylthiophenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-carboxydimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one (Elafibranor or GFT505) for treating cholestatic diseases, and more specifically PBC and/or PSC."

The patent was filed on Nov. 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/506,051.

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