ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,084, issued on March 17, was assigned to SPRUCE BIOSCIENCES INC. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Methods for treating testicular and ovarian adrenal rest tumors" was invented by Alexis Howerton (San Francisco) and Hal Gerber (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention and treatment of testicular adrenal rest tumors (TART) or ovarian adrenal rest tumors (OART)."

The patent was filed on Jan. 31, 2025, under Application No. 19/043,303.

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