US Patent Issued to PROGENIKA BIOPHARMA on Sept. 23 for "Lateral flow immunoassays for the detection of antibodies against biological drugs" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,444, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to PROGENIKA BIOPHARMA S.A. (Derio, Spain).

"Lateral flow immunoassays for the detection of antibodies against biological drugs" was invented by Antonio Martinez Martinez (Derio, Spain), Daniel Nagore Casas (Derio, Spain), Alberto Monasterio Asteinza (Derio, Spain) and Nerea Torres Antunez (Derio, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lateral flow immunoassay for the detection of anti-drug antibodies against a biological drug includes a membrane having a capture area, a sample application area, a flow path from the sample application area to the capture area, and a conjugate area located in the...