US Patent Issued to Genzyme on Nov. 11 for "Inhibitors of glucosylceramide synthase" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,586, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Genzyme Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Inhibitors of glucosylceramide synthase" was invented by Hanlan Liu (Lexington, Mass.), Chris Willis (Southborough, Mass.), Renu Bhardwaj (Ashland, Mass.), Jianmei Kochling (Wellesley, Mass.), Judith Peterschmitt (Watertown, Mass.) and Craig Siegel (Woburn, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The hemitartrate salt of a compound represented by the following structural formula:(Formula I Hemitartrate), which may be used in pharmaceutical applications, are disclosed. Particular single crystalline forms of the Formula (I) Hemitartrate are characterized by a varie...