US Patent Issued to Keros Therapeutics on Nov. 4 for "Methods of treating iron overload with a BMP inhibitor" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,693, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Keros Therapeutics Inc. (Lexington, Mass.).

"Methods of treating iron overload with a BMP inhibitor" was invented by Jasbir S. Seehra (Lexington, Mass.), Jennifer Lachey (Lincoln, Mass.), Christopher R. Rovaldi (Swampscott, Mass.) and Claudia Ordonez (Lexington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention features methods of treating iron overload in a subject by administering BMP or hepcidin inhibitors, such as ALK2 inhibitors. The invention also features methods of decreasing iron levels in a subject by administering BMP or hepcidin inhibitors."

The patent was filed on April 27, 2023, u...