US Patent Issued to WAKUNAGA PHARMACEUTICAL on Sept. 2 for "Agent for preventing, ameliorating, or treating periodontal disease" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,112, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to WAKUNAGA PHARMACEUTICAL Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Agent for preventing, ameliorating, or treating periodontal disease" was invented by Masahiro Ohtani (Akitakata, Japan) and Tsubasa Nishimura (Akitakata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a medicine or food useful for preventing, ameliorating or treating periodontal disease. An agent for preventing, ameliorating or treating periodontal disease comprises one or more cysteine derivatives selected from the group consisting of S1PC, SAC and SAMC or a salt thereof as an active ingredient."

The patent was filed on May 13, 2020, under A...