ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,643, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Galderma Holding SA (Zug, Switzerland).

"Treatments for prurigo nodularis" was invented by Valerie Julia (Biot, France), Jayendra Kumar Krishnaswamy (Pully, Switzerland), Christophe Piketty (Montargis, France) and Francois Rousseau (Publier, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are treatments and preventions for prurigo nodularis (PN), antibodies and pharmaceutical compositions for use in the treatment or prevention of PN, and uses of an anti-IL-31RA antibody (e.g., nemolizumab) in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of PN. Also described herein are...