ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. RE50,554, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Pliant Therapeutics Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.).
"Amino acid compounds and methods of use" was invented by David John Morgans Jr. (Los Altos, Calif.), Randall L Halcomb (Foster City, Calif.), Gustave Bergnes (Pacifica, Calif.), Hui Li (Santa Clara, Calif.), Lan Jiang (Foster City, Calif.), Jacob Cha (San Bruno, Calif.) and Timothy Hom (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): formula (I) or a salt thereof wherein R1, R5, R7, R8, X, m, n, p and q are as described herein. Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions there...