US Patent Issued to H. Lundbeck on Aug. 19 for "Acute treatment and rapid treatment of headache using anti-CGRP antibodies" (American, Irish, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,749, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to H. Lundbeck A/S (Valby, Denmark).

"Acute treatment and rapid treatment of headache using anti-CGRP antibodies" was invented by Roger K. Cady (Bothell, Wash.), Jeffrey T. L. Smith (Dublin), Joseph Hirman (Bothell, Wash.), Barbara Schaeffler (Bothell, Wash.) and Lahar Mehta (Valby, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for rapid treatment of chronic migraine are provided. Exemplary methods provide relief from migraine within 24 hours of administration. Also provided are methods for acute treatment of migraine. Exemplary methods comprise administration of an anti-CGRP antagonist antibody ...