ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,816, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY (Shanghai) and MEDSHINE DISCOVERY INC. (Nanjing, China).

"Fused cyclic compound capable of degrading protein and use thereof" was invented by Yunfu Luo (Shanghai), Yong Cang (Shanghai), Bo Peng (Shanghai), Maoyi Lei (Shanghai), Yu Xu (Shanghai) and Shuhui Chen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a compound shown in formula (II) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound as an active ingredient, and use thereof in the preparation of medicaments for protein degradation."

The ...