US Patent Issued to Takeda Pharmaceutical on March 25 for "Environmentally compatible detergents for inactivation of lipid-enveloped viruses" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,540, issued on March 25, was assigned to Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Environmentally compatible detergents for inactivation of lipid-enveloped viruses" was invented by Jean-Baptiste Farcet (Vienna), Johanna Kindermann (Maria Enzersdorf, Austria), Bjorn Tille (Tulln, Austria) and Thomas R. Kreil (Klosterneuburg, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods for inactivating a lipid-enveloped virus using environmentally compatible detergents, and to methods for preparing a biopharmaceutical drug using environmentally compatible detergents. The invention also provides environmentall...