US Patent Issued to MediciNova on Sept. 1 for "Methods of treating glioblastoma multiforme using combination therapy" (California, Florida, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,840, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MediciNova Inc. (La Jolla, Calif.).

"Methods of treating glioblastoma multiforme using combination therapy" was invented by Kazuko Matsuda (La Jolla, Calif.), Michael Vogelbaum (Tampa, Fla.) and Justin Lathia (Shaker Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating glioblastoma in a patient in need thereof by administration of ibudilast (3-isobutyryl-2-isopropylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and an immune checkpoint inhibitor."

The patent was filed on Sept. 19, 2022, under Application No. 17/947,560...