US Patent Issued to Irazu Bio on Oct. 14 for "Method for treating respiratory viral infections comprising administration of fatty acid compositions" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,464, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Irazu Bio (Baltimore).

"Method for treating respiratory viral infections comprising administration of fatty acid compositions" was invented by Marco A. Chacon (Annapolis, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions comprising free fatty acids for the treatment, including prevention, of viral infections, including the treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). The compositions comprising free fatty acids, optionally linolenic acid, linoleic acid, and/or palmitic acid, may be used in methods for treating viral infections, optionally, coronavirus infections, for examp...