US Patent Issued to Novartis on June 17 for "N-substituted tetrahydrothienopyridine derivatives and uses thereof" (Singaporean, British, South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,060, issued on June 17, was assigned to Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"N-substituted tetrahydrothienopyridine derivatives and uses thereof" was invented by Cyrille Kounde (London), Wei Lin Sandra Sim (Singapore), Oliver Simon (Singapore), Gang Quan Wang (Singapore), Hui Quan Yeo (Singapore), Bryan Ks Yeung (Seoul, South Korea), Fumiaki Yokokawa (Dublin, Calif.) and Bin Zou (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound of Formula (I) is provided that has been shown to be useful for treating a disease caused by a viral infection:wherein R1, R2, R3, A, L, m, n, p and q are as defined herein."

The patent was filed on May 7, 2...