US Patent Issued to KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY on May 12 for "AMP-activated protein kinase activator" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,891, issued on May 12, was assigned to KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY (Kyoto, Japan).

"AMP-activated protein kinase activator" was invented by Susumu Nakata (Kyoto, Japan) and Naoto Kojima (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention aims to provide a novel AMP-activated protein kinase activator.The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I):wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof. In addition, the present invention relates to an AMP-activated protein kinase activator containing the aforementioned compound, and a medicament con...