US Patent Issued to UCB PHARMA on June 30 for "Treatment for bone diseases" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,615, issued on June 30, was assigned to UCB PHARMA S.A. (Brussels).

"Treatment for bone diseases" was invented by Martyn K. Robinson (Shaftesbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the treatment of bone disorders. In particular, the invention is directed to the use of a dosing holiday to help overcome the resistance to anti-sclerostin antibodies which develops over time when a plurality of doses of antibody are given to a subject. By giving the subject to be treated such a dosing holiday, the subject may subsequently display an increased response to a subsequent dose of the anti-sclerostin antibody...