US Patent Issued to CHIESI FARMACEUTICI on April 21 for "Polypeptides having improved properties" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,609, issued on April 21, was assigned to CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A. (Parma, Italy).

"Polypeptides having improved properties" was invented by Tore Curstedt (Parma, Italy) and Jan Johansson (Parma, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to polypeptides having the properties of both SP-C and SP-B surfactant proteins and to the corresponding reconstituted surfactants. The invention is also directed to the pharmaceutical compositions thereof and to their use for the treatment or prophylaxis of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) or other respiratory disorders such as acute RDS."

The patent was f...