US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University, INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY AS CR V.V.I. on Dec. 9 for "Prodrugs of itaconate and methyl itaconate" (Czech, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,160, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) and INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY AS CR V.V.I. (Prague).

"Prodrugs of itaconate and methyl itaconate" was invented by Barbara Slusher (Baltimore), Mohameed Islam (Baltimore), Rana Rais (Baltimore), Luis Garza (Baltimore), Benjamin Bell (Baltimore), Pavel Majer (Kretin, Czech Republic), Lukas Tenora (Prague), Ivan Snajdr (Prague) and Marcela Krecmerova (Prague).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Prodrugs of itaconic acid and 1- and 4-methyl itaconic acid and their use for treating a disease, disorder, or condition associated with inflammation a...