ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,769, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ASKA PHARMACEUTICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Pyrimidine derivative" was invented by Makoto Okada (Kanagawa, Japan), Youichi Nakano (Kanagawa, Japan), Takashi Nose (Kanagawa, Japan), Satoshi Maeda (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tomoaki Watanabe (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound of the formula (I) or a salt thereof (R represents methyl group or fluorine atom) having an mPGES-1 inhibitory activity and useful as an active ingredient of a medicament for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of such diseases as inflammation, pain, or rheumatism."
The patent was filed on Feb. 1, 2022, u...