US Patent Issued to THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE on March 24 for "Peptide conjugates and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,900, issued on March 24, was assigned to THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, Calif.).

"Peptide conjugates and methods of use" was invented by Weijun Shen (San Diego), Elsa Pflimlin (San Diego), Sam Lear (Del Mar, Calif.), Zaid Amso (El Cajon, Calif.) and Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Peptide conjugates comprising a peptide selected from a peptide that modulates the PYY receptor, a peptide that modulates both the GLP-1 receptor and the GCG receptor, a peptide that modulates both the GLP-1 receptor and the GIP receptor, and a peptide that modulates the GLP-1 receptor; and a staple attached to ...