US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary on April 8 for "Treatment of rhinosinusitis with P-glycoprotein inhibitors" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,726, issued on April 8, was assigned to Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston).

"Treatment of rhinosinusitis with P-glycoprotein inhibitors" was invented by Benjamin S. Bleier (Weston, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are, inter alia, methods for treating rhinosinusitis with P-glycoprotein inhibitors. A subject having rhinosinusitis is identified and then treated by administration to the subject an effective amount of a P-gp inhibitor. The subject having rhinosinusitis can be identified by one of skill in the art based on known methods, e.g., based on detection of the presence of symptoms, by endoscopy, or b...