US Patent Issued to Filana Therapeutics on June 23 for "Method of inhibiting tau phosphorylation" (Pennsylvania, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,658, issued on June 23, was assigned to Filana Therapeutics Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Method of inhibiting tau phosphorylation" was invented by Hoau-Yan Wang (Philadelphia) and Lindsay Burns Barbier (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of inhibiting phosphorylation of the tau protein and/or a TLR4-mediated immune response is disclosed. The method contemplates administering to cells in recognized need thereof such as cells of the central nervous system an effective amount of a of a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof that binds to a pentapeptide of filamin A (FLNA) of SEQ ID NO: 1, and contains at lea...