ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,262, issued on July 8, was assigned to Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Boston).

"Methods of treatment for cystic fibrosis" was invented by Weichao George Chen (San Diego), Eric L Haseltine (Melrose, Mass.), Samuel Moskowitz (Waban, Mass.), Sarah Robertson (Somerville, Mass.) and David Waltz (Waban, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compound I of the formulaand/or pharmaceutically acceptable salt(s) of Compound I comprised in a pharmaceutical composition and methods of using the same to treat cystic fibrosis."

The patent was filed on Aug. 31, 2022, under Application No. 17/899,660.

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