ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,879, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Little Falls, N.J.).

"Peptide macrocycles against Acinetobacter baumannii" was invented by Konrad Bleicher (Basel, Switzerland), Daniella Cheang (St. Albans, Great Britain), Patrick Di Giorgio (Basel, Switzerland), Patrizio Mattei (Basel, Switzerland), Petra Schmitz (Basel, Germany) and Theodor Stoll (Basel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein X1, X2, R1 to R6 and A are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Further the present invention is concerned with the manufa...