ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,004, issued on May 12, was assigned to Fudan University (Shanghai).

"Opioid receptor agonist, preparation method therefor and pharmaceutical use thereof" was invented by Wei Fu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention belongs to the field of pharmacy, and relates to a class of opioid receptor agonists, their preparation method and the pharmaceutical use thereof, in particular to 3-(dimethylaminomethyl) cyclohex-4-ol derivatives or salts thereof and preparation method thereof, 3-(dimethylaminomethyl) piperidin-4-ol derivatives or salts thereof and preparation method thereof, 3-(dimethylaminomethyl) piperidin-4-ol derivati...