US Patent Issued to University of Massachusetts on June 24 for "Temozolomide compounds, polymers prepared therefrom, and method of treating a disease" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,244, issued on June 24, was assigned to University of Massachusetts (Boston).

"Temozolomide compounds, polymers prepared therefrom, and method of treating a disease" was invented by Todd Emrick (South Deerfield, Mass.), Matthew Skinner (Amherst, Mass.), Sarah M. Ward (Amherst, Mass.) and Banishree Saha (Greenfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temozolomide compound according to formula (I)is described, wherein R1, L1, and X are defined herein. The temozolomide compound can be used to prepare polymers comprising temozolomide. Additionally, the polymers comprising temozolomide can be particularly useful in the treatment of ce...