ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,203, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to CYTOKINETICS INC. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"NAMPT modulators" was invented by Antonio Romero (San Mateo, Calif.), Aroop Chandra (Carmel, Ind.), Christopher Evans (Pacifica, Calif.) and Minxing Shen (San Bruno, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are compounds of Formula (II): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, n, and Y1 are as defined herein. Also provided is a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a compound of Formula (II), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods of using a compound of Formula (II), or a ...