US Patent Issued to Amgen on May 12 for "Synthesis of vinyl cyclobutyl intermediates" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,993, issued on May 12, was assigned to Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Synthesis of vinyl cyclobutyl intermediates" was invented by Austin G. Smith (Cary, N.C.), Michael T. Corbett (Agoura Hills, Calif.), Neil Fred Langille (Sudbury, Mass.), Kyle D. Baucom (Ventura, Calif.), Peter K. Dornan (Stoneham, Mass.), Gabrielle St- Pierre (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Philipp C. Roosen (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Sheng Cui (Lexington, Mass.) and Roberto Profeta (Rovigo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are processes for synthesizing intermediates useful in preparing Mcl-1 inhibitors. In particular, provided herein are processe...