US Patent Issued to Gilead Sciences on Dec. 30 for "Methods and compounds for treating paramyxoviridae virus infections" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,466, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Gilead Sciences Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Methods and compounds for treating paramyxoviridae virus infections" was invented by Richard L. Mackman (Millbrae, Calif.), Jay P. Parrish (Redwood City, Calif.), Adrian S. Ray (Redwood City, Calif.) and Dorothy Agnes Theodore (Castro Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods for treating Paramyxoviridae virus infections by administering ribosides, riboside phosphates and prodrugs thereof, of Formula I: wherein the 1' position of the nucleoside sugar is substituted. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are partic...