US Patent Issued to Tapestry Pharmaceuticals on Sept. 15 for "Taxane analogs for the treatment of brain cancer" (Mississippi, Colorado, Kentucky, New Jersey, Arizona, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,149, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Tapestry Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Atlanta).

"Taxane analogs for the treatment of brain cancer" was invented by James D. McChesney (Etta, Miss.), Gilles H. Tapolsky (Louisville, Ky.), David L. Emerson (Longmont, Colo.), John Marshall (Washington), Michael Kurman (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) and Manuel Modiano (Tuscon, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compounds and methods for the treatment of brain cancer in a mammal, wherein the method comprises the administration to the mammal a compound that stabilizes tubulin dimers or microtubules at G2-M interface during mitosis but is...