US Patent Issued to The General Hospital on April 21 for "Cromolyn derivatives and related methods of imaging and treatment" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,471, issued on April 21, was assigned to The General Hospital Corp. (Boston).

"Cromolyn derivatives and related methods of imaging and treatment" was invented by David R. Elmaleh (Newton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel cromolyn analogs useful as imaging agents for detecting atherosclerotic plaques and for treating atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's Disease, and methods of making the cromolyn analogs, are disclosed. The cromolyn analogs have the general formula:wherein X is OH, C1-C6 alkoxyl; Y and Z are independently selected from a C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxyl, halogen, un-substituted or C1-C6 substituted amine, 18F, 19F, or...