ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,016, issued on June 17, was assigned to JenKem Technology Co. Ltd. (Tianjin) (Tianjin, China).

"Multi-arm single molecular weight polyethylene glycol active derivative and application thereof" was invented by Zhen Wei (Tianjin, China), Meina Lin (Tianjin, China) and Xuan Zhao (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Being used for drug modification, the multi-arm single molecular weight polyethylene glycol active derivative provided herein can effectively improve the solubility, stability, and immunogenicity of the drugs, improve the absorption of the drugs in vivo, prolong the half-life of the drugs, and increase bioavailabili...