ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,901, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ELI LILLY AND COMPANY (Indianapolis).

"Process for preparing a GIP/GLP1 dual agonist" was invented by Michael Oliver Frederick (Zionsville, Ind.), Michael Eugene Kopach (Greenwood, Ind.) and Sergey Vladimirovich Tsukanov (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides novel intermediates and processes useful in the manufacture of tirzepatide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof."

The patent was filed on June 24, 2024, under Application No. 18/751,768.

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