ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,383, issued on June 3, was assigned to Lundbeck La Jolla Research Center Inc. (San Diego).

"Dual MAGL and FAAH inhibitors" was invented by Cheryl A. Grice (Encinitas, Calif.), Justin S. Cisar (San Diego), Katharine K. Duncan (San Diego), Yu Feng (San Diego), John J. M. Wiener (La Jolla, Calif.) and Olivia D. Weber (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds useful as modulators of MAGL and/or FAAH. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of pain and neurological disorders."

The patent was filed on Aug. 25, 2021, under App...