US Patent Issued to Tapestry Pharmaceuticals on March 24 for "Biologically active taxane analogs and methods of treatment by oral administration" (Mississippi, Colorado, Arizona, Kentucky, New Jersey, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,865, issued on March 24, was assigned to Tapestry Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Atlanta).

"Biologically active taxane analogs and methods of treatment by oral administration" was invented by James D. McChesney (Etta, Miss.), Gilles H. Tapolsky (Louisville, Ky.), David Lloyd Emerson (Longmont, Colo.), John Marshall (Washington), Michael Kurman (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) and Manuel R. Modiano (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel chemical compound for use in the treatment of cancer, to compositions containing said compound, methods of manufacture and combinations with other therapeutic agents."...