US Patent Issued to YALE UNIVERSITY on May 27 for "Compounds and methods for treating or preventing anterior segment ocular disorders and/or retinal degenerations" (Connecticut, New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,970, issued on May 27, was assigned to YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Conn.).

"Compounds and methods for treating or preventing anterior segment ocular disorders and/or retinal degenerations" was invented by Mark Fields (New Haven, Conn.), Lucian Del Priore (Tarrytown, N.Y.), Huey Cai (Montville, N.J.) and Denton Hoyer (West Haven, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a method of treating retinal degenerations, such as but not limited to anterior segment ocular disorders and/or age-related macular degeneration (AMD), in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comp...