ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,571, issued on June 30, was assigned to Tosk Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Uridine phosphorylase (UPase) inhibitors for treatment of liver conditions" was invented by William A. Garland (Mountain View, Calif.), Heshan Peiris (Mountain View, Calif.), Philip Liaw (Mountain View, Calif.) and Brian D. Frenzel (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of treating a subject for a liver condition, e.g., NAFLD, NASH, and/or DILI, are provided. Aspects of the methods include administering to the subject an effective amount of a UPase inhibitor, optionally in combination with a uridine active agent (e.g., uridine (UR), a U...