US Patent Issued to Merck Sharp & Dohme on Oct. 14 for "Natriuretic peptide receptor a agonists useful for the treatment of cardiometabolic diseases, kidney disease and diabetes" (American, British, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,496, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (Rahway, N.J.).

"Natriuretic peptide receptor a agonists useful for the treatment of cardiometabolic diseases, kidney disease and diabetes" was invented by Qingmei Hong (Scotch Plains, N.J.), Jason E. Imbriglio (Bridgewater, N.J.), Angela D. Kerekes (Plainfield, N.J.), Tanweer Khan (Bridgewater, N.J.), Claire Lankin (Highbridge, N.J.), Derun Li (West Roxbury, Mass.), Rui Liang (East Brunswick, N.J.), Pengcheng Patrick Shao (Fanwood, N.J.), Zhicai Wu (Montvale, N.J.), Yusheng Xiong (Plainsboro, N.J.), Feng Ye (Scotch Plains, N.J.), Hyewon Youm (Berkeley Heights, N.J.), Yang Yu (Edison, N.J.), Anthappan Tony Kurissery (...