US Patent Issued to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on July 15 for "Taurine supplemented cell culture medium and methods of use" (New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,165, issued on July 15, was assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Taurine supplemented cell culture medium and methods of use" was invented by Amy S. Johnson (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.), Meghan E. Casey (Ridgewood, N.J.), Shadia Oshodi (Jersey City, N.J.) and Shawn Lawrence (Nyack, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The specification describes a composition comprising an improved eukaryotic cell culture medium, which can be used for the production of a protein of interest. TaXULne can be added to the serum-free media or chemically-defined media to increase the production of a protein of interest. Methods for re...