US Patent Issued to Washington University, The Broad Institute, President and Fellows of Harvard College on Sept. 16 for "Compounds and methods for the treatment of parasitic diseases" (Missouri, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,935, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Washington University (St. Louis), The Broad Institute Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.) and President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Compounds and methods for the treatment of parasitic diseases" was invented by Laurence David Sibley (St. Louis), Bruno Melillo (Cambridge, Mass.) and Eamon Comer (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compounds useful for the treatment of various parasitic diseases. These compounds, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof may be formulated in pharmaceutical compositions, veterinary compositions and may be u...