US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on Jan. 27 for "Compositions for use in the reduction of pain and/or perception of pain in infants and young children" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,368, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Compositions for use in the reduction of pain and/or perception of pain in infants and young children" was invented by Gabriela Bergonzelli Degonda (Bussigny, Switzerland), Laurent Favre (Carrouge, Switzerland), Laurent Ferrier (Epalinges, Switzerland) and Clara Lucia Garcia-Rodenas (Forel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to compositions comprising a mix of human milk oligosaccharides consisting of 2'-fucosyllactose and difucosyllactose, for use in the reduction of pain and/or perception of pain in ...