ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,475, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Model Medicines Inc. (San Diego).

"Methods and compositions for treating RNA viral infections" was invented by George Nicola (La Jolla, Calif.) and Daniel Haders (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions for treating RNA viral infections, including behavior symptoms of the RNA viral infections, are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods and compositions for reducing the progression of clinical complications associated with RNA viral infections. The methods, for example, can include administering pharmaceutical compositions or analogues thereof to a patient ...