US Patent Issued to Emory University, Merck Sharp & Dohme on Aug. 11 for "Forms of antiviral nucleosides" (New Jersey, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,717, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Emory University (Atlanta) and Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (Rahway, N.J.).

"Forms of antiviral nucleosides" was invented by Jameson R. Bothe (Rahway, N.J.), Andrew Patrick Jude Brunskill (Rahway, N.J.), Mark Lockwood (Johns Creek, Ga.), Justin Allen Newman (Rahway, N.J.) and Manohar T. Saindane (Decatur, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel crystalline forms of molnupiravir, including crystalline Forms I and II, which are crystalline forms of uridine 4-oxime 5'-(2-methylpropanoate), may be useful as antiviral agents, specifically as antiviral treatments for infections caused by Eastern Equine E...