US Patent Issued to Auro Peptides on May 19 for "Process for the preparation of plecanatide" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,586, issued on May 19, was assigned to Auro Peptides Ltd (Hyderabad, India).

"Process for the preparation of plecanatide" was invented by Abdul Shafee Mohammed (Hyderabad, India), Damodar Reddy Pakal (Hyderabad, India), Bharti Deshmukh (Hyderabad, India), Vivekananda Reddy Goli (Hyderabad, India) and Nagana Goud Agasaladinni (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of Plecanatide, which comprises preparation of three fragments such as Fragment A (7 amino acids). Fragment B (3 amino acids). Fragment D (6 amino acids) and coupling the fragments to provide Plecanatide...