US Patent Issued to Daiichi Sankyo, Daiichi Sankyo Europe, Kinki University, Amgen on March 24 for "Protein biomarker and uses thereof" (American, Japanese, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,938, issued on March 24, was assigned to Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. (Tokyo), Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH (Munich), Kinki University (Osaka, Japan) and Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Protein biomarker and uses thereof" was invented by Matthias Schneider (Neufarn, Germany), Sabine Blum (Munich), Renee Jeanne Mendell-Harary (Skillman, N.J.), Daniel J. Freeman (Holmdel, N.J.), Robert Allen Beckman (Blue Bell, Pa.), Xiaoping Jin (Hillsborough, N.J.), Kimio Yonesaka (Osakasayama, Japan) and Kazuhiko Nakagawa (Osakasayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to methods of identifying and treating a huma...