US Patent Issued to Emory University on March 24 for "Bis-biguanide compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and uses in managing cancer" (Georgia, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,618, issued on March 24, was assigned to Emory University (Atlanta).

"Bis-biguanide compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and uses in managing cancer" was invented by Adam Marcus (Atlanta), Jessica Konen (Houston), Rachel Commander (Atlanta), Jamie Arnst (Atlanta) and Thota Ganesh (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to methods of managing cancer using bis-biguanide compounds, such as alexidine, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to methods of treating lung cancer comprising administering an effective amount of a bis-biguanide compo...