US Patent Issued to Minneamrita Therapeutics on July 15 for "Drug combination for treatment of gastric cancer" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,645, issued on July 15, was assigned to Minneamrita Therapeutics LLC (Tampa, Fla.).

"Drug combination for treatment of gastric cancer" was invented by Mohana R. Velagapudi (Tampa, Fla.) and Ashok Kumar Saluja (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gastric cancer therapy dosing regimen that results in enhanced therapeutic effectiveness and reduced side effects has been discovered. Gastric cancer patients treated daily with a combination of minnelide prodrug and paclitaxel experienced significant negative side effects and progression of the cancer. A minnelide prodrug and paclitaxel combination therapy administered according to ...