US Patent Issued to MediciNova on March 4 for "Methods to decrease triglyceride synthesis in the liver" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,620, issued on March 4, was assigned to MediciNova Inc. (La Jolla, Calif.).

"Methods to decrease triglyceride synthesis in the liver" was invented by Kazuko Matsuda (La Jolla, Calif.) and Masatsune Ogura (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods for decreasing triglyceride synthesis and/or decreasing triglyceride accumulation in the liver of a subject, wherein the methods comprise administering to the subject a compound of Formula (I):a metabolite thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof."

The patent was filed on May 26, 2022, under Application No. 17/825,773.

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