US Patent Issued to H. LUNDBECK on May 19 for "Treatment of headache using anti-CGRP antibodies hereof" (American, Irish, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,614, issued on May 19, was assigned to H. LUNDBECK A/S (Valby, Denmark).

"Treatment of headache using anti-CGRP antibodies hereof" was invented by Roger K. Cady (Bothell, Wash.), Jeffrey T.L. Smith (Dublin), Joseph Hirman (Bothell, Wash.), Barbara Schaeffler (Bothell, Wash.) and Lahar Mehta (Valby, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for immediate relief of migraine or headache are provided comprising the administration of an anti-CGRP antagonist antibody to a patient in need thereof. This invention pertains to methods of treatment of headache disorders, such as migraine, using antibodies and fragments thereof (including Fa...