US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on July 22 for "Treatment of opioid use disorder, opioid withdrawal symptoms, and chronic pain" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,668, issued on July 22, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Treatment of opioid use disorder, opioid withdrawal symptoms, and chronic pain" was invented by Keith G. Heinzerling (Agoura Hills, Calif.), Marisa S. Briones (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) and Dustin Z. Deyoung (Valley Village, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The current methods and compositions provide for a novel and effective therapeutic method for treating opioid use disorder, opioid withdrawal symptoms and/or chronic pain. Accordingly, certain aspects of the disclosure relate to a method for treating opioid use disorder, opioid...