ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,770, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TMEM16A Ltd. (Welwyn Garden City, Great Britain).

"Compounds for treating respiratory disease" was invented by Stephen Collingwood (Brighton, Great Britain), Clive Mccarthy (Abingdon, Great Britain), Duncan Alexander Hay (Abingdon, Great Britain), Jonathan David Hargrave (Abingdon, Great Britain), Albert Ma (Abingdon, Great Britain), Thomas Beauregard Schofield (Abingdon, Great Britain), Matthew Smith (Abingdon, Great Britain), Edward Walker (Abingdon, Great Britain), Naomi Went (Abingdon, Great Britain), Peter Ingram (Abingdon, Great Britain), Christopher Stimson (Abingdon, Great Britain) and Someina Khor (Abingdon, Great Britain).

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