ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,808, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh).
"Therapy for erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) and X-linked protoporphyria (XLP)" was invented by Xiaochao Ma (Sewickley, Pa.), Junjie Zhu (Pittsburgh) and Jie Lu (Wexford, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are novel compositions and methods of using the same for the treatment of Erythropoiefic protoporphyria (EPP) and X-linked protoporphyria (XLP). Disclosed are methods and compositions related to treating Erythropoietic protoporphyria and X-linked protoporphyria. Also described are therapeutic a...