US Patent Issued to Aquilus Pharmaceuticals on March 31 for "Compounds and methods for the treatment of degenerative disorders" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,090, issued on March 31, was assigned to Aquilus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Winchester, Mass.).

"Compounds and methods for the treatment of degenerative disorders" was invented by Irving Sucholeiki (Winchester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to alkyne containing pharmaceutical agents, and in particular, to phenylethynyl-thiophene based compounds. More particularly, the present disclosure provides a class of compounds that can inhibit and/or attenuate apoptosis via caspase 3 for the treatment of various degenerative disorders. Additionally, the present disclosure relates to methods for treati...