ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,330, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to MASSEY VENTURES Ltd. (Palmerston North, New Zealand).

"(2S)-2-aminopentanethioic s-acid for use as medicament and in therapy of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" was invented by Alexander Alexandrovich Malin (Netania, Israel) and Igor Anatolievich Pomytkin (Moscow).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a substance of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use as a medicament. Further, the invention relates to the substance of formula (I) for use in the therapy of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Still further, the invention relates to a method of treat...