US Patent Issued to ABDERA THERAPEUTICS on April 14 for "5T4 binding polypeptides and uses thereof" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,794, issued on April 14, was assigned to ABDERA THERAPEUTICS INC. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"5T4 binding polypeptides and uses thereof" was invented by Alexander Laurence Mandel (Vancouver, Canada), Raja Solomon Viswas (Richmond, Canada), Adam Daniel Judge (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Michael J. Abrams (Custer, Wash.), Emma Jane Cummins (Vancouver, Canada), Brandon Robert McLeod (Vancouver, Canada), Iva Kulic (Vancouver, Canada) and Douglas Bruce MacKay (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are polypeptides that bind to 5T4 useful for cancer therapy. Further disclosed herein are polypeptides that bind to 5T4 th...