ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,948, issued on July 15, was assigned to SOCPRA SCIENCES SANTE ET HUMAINES S.E.C. (Quebec, Canada).

"Neurotensinergic agonists and methods of using same preventing or treating pain" was invented by Eric Marsault (Sherbrooke, Canada), Michael Desgagne (Sherbrooke, Canada), Marc Sousbie (Grenoble, France), Philippe Sarret (Sherbrooke, Canada), Magali Chartier (Sherbrooke, Canada) and Jean-Michel Longpre (Magog, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a macrocyclic compound of formula (I) (I), compositions and kits comprising this compound and their use for preventing or treating pain without inducing hypoth...