US Patent Issued to H. Lundbeck on March 25 for "Alcohol derivatives as Kv7 potassium channel openers" (Chinese, Danish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,305, issued on March 25, was assigned to H. Lundbeck A/S (Valby, Denmark).

"Alcohol derivatives as Kv7 potassium channel openers" was invented by Mario Rottlander (Greve, Denmark), Anette Graven Sams (Vaerlose, Denmark), Xiaofang Wang (Shanghai), Debasis Das (Shanghai), Jian Hong (Shanghai) and Shu Hui Chen (Calabasas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides novel compounds which activate the Kv7 potassium channels. Separate aspects of the invention are directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and uses of the compounds to treat disorders responsive to the activation of Kv7 potass...