ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,977, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to AdvanCell Isotopes Pty Ltd. (Sydney).

"Radiopharmaceuticals" was invented by Simon Puttick (Sydney), William Tieu (Sydney) and Kevin Kuan (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates generally to prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeting compounds which may be complexed to a radioisotope. Pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds also disclosed. Such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions may be used in nuclear medicine for the in-vivo imaging of various tissues, and the treatment and/or prevention of various PSMA-expressing cancers, especially prosta...