US Patent Issued to BIOXODES on Nov. 3 for "Anticoagulant proteins and their use for treating diseases associated with the activation of neutrophils" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,014, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BIOXODES (Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium).

"Anticoagulant proteins and their use for treating diseases associated with the activation of neutrophils" was invented by Valerie Pireaux (Namur, Belgium), Stephanie Demoulin (Antheit, Belgium), Edmond Godfroid (Brussels), Joel Tassignon (Roux, Belgium), Sandrine Derochette (Huccorgne, Belgium) and Michel Guyaux (Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an Ixodes ricinus salivary gland polypeptide and its use for inhibiting the extrinsic coagulation pathway and for treating and/or preventing diseases and conditions, such as t...