ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,997, issued on June 9, was assigned to ASCENDIS PHARMA A/S (Hellerup, Denmark).

"Treatment of infections" was invented by Kennett Sprogoe (Hellerup, Denmark), Sebastian Stark (Heidelberg, Germany), Tobias Voigt (Heidelberg, Germany), Lars Holten-Andersen (Hellerup, Denmark) and Nicola Bisek (Heidelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates among other aspects to a conjugate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutical composition comprising said conjugate or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt for use in a method of preventing or treating an infection, wherein said conjugate is wat...