US Patent Issued to The Brigham and Women's Hospital on Aug. 26 for "Polysaccharide compositions for use in treating filariasis" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,014, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc. (Boston).

"Polysaccharide compositions for use in treating filariasis" was invented by Gerald B. Pier (Brookline, Mass.) and Colette Cywes Bentley (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates, in part, to the use of compositions of poly N-acetylated glucosamine (PNAG), deacetylated PNAG (dPNAG), and antibodies and antibody fragments specific to PNAG in the prevention and treatment of filariasis."

The patent was filed on Feb. 5, 2020, under Application No. 17/427,763.

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