US Patent Issued to Janssen Pharmaceuticals on Sept. 23 for "Compositions and methods for the treatment of depression" (American, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,859, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Titusville, N.J.).

"Compositions and methods for the treatment of depression" was invented by Mark Schmidt (Antwerp, Belgium), Vanina Popova (Nijlen, Belgium), Adam Savitz (Greenwich, Conn.), Rama Melkote (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Wayne C. Drevets (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Srihari Gopal (Belle Mead, N.J.), Darrel Pemberton (Oud Turnhout, Belgium), Chakradhar Lagishetty (King of Prussia, Pa.) and Iva Kezic (Antwerp, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides methods for treating major depressive disorder in a human patient having moderate or seve...