ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,402, issued on May 19, was assigned to ABRESEARCH SRL (Brendola, Italy).

"Preparation of insoluble polysaccharides obtained from plant cell cultures in suspension for the treatment of clostridium difficile infections" was invented by Renzo Dal Monte (Brendola, Italy), Andrea Carpi (Brendola, Italy), Ignazio Castagliuolo (Brendola, Italy) and Paola Brun (Brendola, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insoluble cell fraction obtained from plant cells cultured in a suspension composed entirely of natural molecules for the treatment of primary and recurrent Clostridium difficile infections is provided. A process for the preparation of ...