ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,149, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Ting Theropeutics Inc. (San Diego).

"Methods and compositions for the prevention and treatment of hearing loss" was invented by Jian Zuo (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Tal Teitz (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method, kit and pharmaceutical compositions using an inhibitor of EGFR signaling for prevention or treatment of hearing loss are described."

The patent was filed on May 4, 2022, under Application No. 17/736,330.

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