ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,724, issued on July 21, was assigned to ICHILOV TECH LTD. (Tel Aviv, Israel).

"Antidepressant therapy" was invented by Einor Ben Assayag (Shoham, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the treatment of depressive and anxiety disorders, specifically to improved therapy for patients afflicted with post-stroke depression and/or anxiety, or with major depressive disorder. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of chemokine receptor (CCR5) inhibitors, either alone or in combination with antidepressants such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibit...