ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,079, issued on May 12, 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 Jan. 28, 2020, under Application No. 17/310,247.
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