ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,433, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ELI LILLY AND COMPANY (Indianapolis).

"Macrocyclic glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists" was invented by Francisco Javier Agejas Chicharro (Alcobendas, Spain), Renato Alejandro Bauer (Zionsville, Ind.), Michael Gregory Bell (Fishers, Ind.), Qi Chen (Carmel, Ind.), Graham Robert Cumming (Alcobendas, Spain), Todd Fields (New Palestine, Ind.), Douglas Linn Gernert (Fishers, Ind.), Joseph Daniel Ho (San Diego), Talbi Abelkader Kaoudi (Alcobendas, Spain), Thierry Jean Masquelin (Sandy, Utah), Jose Miguel Minguez Ortega (Alcobendas, Spain), Julian Priego Soler (Alcobendas, Spain), Antonio Rodriguez Hergueta (Alcobendas, Spain) and Eric Mich...