ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,869, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Washington).

"Methods of treating multiple sclerosis" was invented by Allitia DiBernardo (Philadelphia), Tatiana Sidorenko (Allschwil, Switzerland), Michel Burcklen (Allschwil, Switzerland), Sivi Ouwerkerk-Mahadevan (Beerse, Belgium), Andrea Vaclavkova (Allschwil, Switzerland), Brian Patrick Hennessy (Geneva) and Hilke Kracker (Weil am Rhein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to methods of treating multiple sclerosis. Also provided are pharmaceutical products containing ponesimod, instructions for use of ponesimod, methods for selling a ...