US Patent Issued to UCB BIOSCIENCES on Sept. 29 for "Methods for increasing the bioavailability of nucleoside medicinal agents" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,287, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to UCB BIOSCIENCES INC. (Morrisville, N.C.).

"Methods for increasing the bioavailability of nucleoside medicinal agents" was invented by Aravind Mittur (Emeryville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods for increasing the bioavailability of nucleoside medicinal agents in treating mitochondrial depletion syndromes. In particular, the methods relate to increasing the bioavailability of deoxycytidine and deoxythymidine by administering a therapeutically effective amount of deoxycytidine and deoxythymidine with food."

The patent was filed on July 12, 2023, under Application No....