ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,848, issued on March 24, was assigned to Collaborations Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Universitatsklinikum Jena (Jena, Germany).

"Isoxazole-3-carboxamide derivatives and their use for treatment of diseases caused by virus infection" was invented by Vadim Makarov (Moscow), Michaela Schmidtke (Jena, Germany) and Sean Ekins (Fuquay Varina, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Isoxazole-3-carboxamide derivatives and their use in treating viral infections and diseases, such as diseases caused by viruses of the Picornaviridae family of viruses (e.g., rhinoviruses, enteroviruses, and coxsackieviruses) is described. The derivatives have good effi...