ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,372, issued on June 23.

"Pharmaceutical composition comprising poloxamer 188 for improving the filtering function of kidneys" was invented by Elena Valentinovna Arshintseva (Republic of Mordovia, Russia) and Sergei Yurevich Pushkin (Noginsk-9, Russia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the field of medicine and veterinary medicine, in particular to a pharmaceutical composition for improving the filtering function of kidneys. A pharmaceutical composition for improving the filtering function of the kidneys of a subject, comprising poloxamer-188 as a pharmacologically active substance and at least one excipient. A ph...