US Patent Issued to GIVAUDAN on July 14 for "Hyaluronic acid-producing recombinant cells" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,121, issued on July 14, was assigned to GIVAUDAN SA (Vernier, Switzerland).

"Hyaluronic acid-producing recombinant cells" was invented by Dominique Louis (Orsay, France), Valentina Bevilacqua (Orsay, France), Lionel Durant (Orsay, France), Karine Jaillardon (Orsay, France) and Dominique Thomas (Argenteuil, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of bio-production of hyaluronic acid.There is a need in the art for hyaluronic acid production methods allowing its highly efficient synthesis and secretion.The solution proposed in the present invention is the use of a genetically modified cell compri...