ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,398, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to AstraZeneca AB (Sodertalje, Sweden).

"Combination therapy for treating cancer" was invented by Aatman Doshi (Waltham, Mass.), Alwin Schuller (Waltham, Mass.) and Susan Cantin (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods of treating cancer in a patient. The method comprises administering to the patient an effective amount of a compound of Formula (Ia) or (Ib), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and an effective amount of an immunomodulatory agent. Also provided herein are compositions and kits for performing the methods described herein. In a...