US Patent Issued to Antheia on July 7 for "Methods of producing morphinan alkaloids and derivatives" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,185, issued on July 7, was assigned to Antheia Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Methods of producing morphinan alkaloids and derivatives" was invented by Christina D. Smolke (Menlo Park, Calif.), Isis Trenchard (Redwood City, Calif.), Kristy M. Hawkins (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Catherine Thodey (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing promorphinan, morphinan, nal-opioid, and nor-opioid alkaloid products through the increased conversion of a promorphinan alkaloid to a morphinan alkaloid. The method comprises contacting the promorphinan alkaloid with at least one enzyme. Contacting the promorphinan alkaloid wit...