ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,171, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to BIOGEN MA INC. (Cambridge, Mass.).
"Methods for treating hypercholesterolemia" was invented by Shibeshih Belachew (Cambridge, Mass.), Ellen Cahir-McFarland (Cambridge, Mass.), Zhaohui Shao (Cambridge, Mass.), Hui-Hsin Tsai (Cambridge, Mass.) and Ru Wei (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method of lowering elevated cholesterol plasma levels in a subject. Also disclosed is a method of treating hypercholesterolemia in a subject. The methods comprise administering to the subject in the absence of a cholesterol lowering drug an effective amount of Compound 1 or pharmaceu...