ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,406, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Dong-A St Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis" was invented by Mi-Kyung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hansu Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Seung Ho Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention exhibits excellent effects of improving lipid metabolism, reducing fat accumulation in liver tissues and inhibiting hist...