US Patent Issued to SANOFI BIOTECHNOLOGY, REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS on May 13 for "Compositions and methods for treating pain in subjects with rheumatoid arthritis" (New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,279, issued on May 13, was assigned to SANOFI BIOTECHNOLOGY (Gentilly, France) and REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Compositions and methods for treating pain in subjects with rheumatoid arthritis" was invented by Susan Boklage (Tarrytown, N.Y.), Toshio Kimura (Tarrytown, N.Y.), Stefano Fiore (Guttenberg, N.J.), Gregory St John (Tarrytown, N.Y.), Wenhui Wei (Tarrytown, N.Y.) and Vivian Bykerk (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the use of an anti-IL6 receptor antibody for treating unacceptable pain in subjects with rheumatoid arthritis. Subjects with unacceptable pain can have,...