US Patent Issued to FTGEN on Sept. 15 for "Compositions and methods for the treatment of eye diseases" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,251, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to FTGEN Corp (Watertown, Mass.).

"Compositions and methods for the treatment of eye diseases" was invented by Zhongdong Shi (Bedford, Mass.) and Wei Zhao (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compositions for treating or preventing Retinitis Pigmentosa. The compositions comprise a first polynucleotide and a second polynucleotide. The compositions may further comprise a third sequence and a fourth sequence. Also provided herein are the recombinant adeno-associated virus particles, systems, methods, and kits for practicing or using the same."

The patent was filed on Jan. 20,...