ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,288, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Aileens Pharma S.R.L. (Nova Milanese, Italy).

"Bacterial strain and medical uses thereof" was invented by Franca Vergalito (Lucito, Italy), Sonia Longo Sormani (Nova Milanese, Italy), Irene Magnifico (Isernia, Italy), Laura Pietrangelo (Isernia, Italy), Roberto Maria Antonio Di Marco (Catania, Italy), Marco Alfio Cutuli (Acireale, Italy), Noemi Venditti (Bojano, Italy) and Giulio Petronio Petronio (Catania, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a selected bacterial strain of Cutibacterium acnes and/or a cell wall therefrom or a post-biotic of the strain and to me...