US Patent Issued to Zoetis Services on May 13 for "Immunomodulating urea azalides" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,936, issued on May 13, was assigned to Zoetis Services LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).

"Immunomodulating urea azalides" was invented by Mark R. Cox (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Timothy L. Stuk (Mattawan, Mich.), Todd M. Maddux (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Richard Andrew Ewin (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Paul D. Johnson (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Tomasz Respondek (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Graham M. Kyne (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Rajendran Vairagoundar (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Defined herein are immunomodulating Formula (1) compounds wherein R, R0, R1, R2, R3 and W are as defined herein, stereoisomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and c...