US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation on March 25 for "Compositions and methods for treating hyperphagia in prader-willi syndrome" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,217, issued on March 25, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Compositions and methods for treating hyperphagia in prader-willi syndrome" was invented by Kee-Hong Kim (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Yuyan Zhu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition comprising an active agent that inhibits acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) is provided. With the composition, food intake can be suppressed, and/or body weight can be reduced, and/or metabolic disorders can be prevented and/or treated."

The patent was filed on Oct. 15, 2022, under Application No. 18/046,919.

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