US Patent Issued to United Therapeutics on May 26 for "Methods and compositions for treating pulmonary hypertension" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,288, issued on May 26, was assigned to United Therapeutics Corp. (Silver Spring, Md.).

"Methods and compositions for treating pulmonary hypertension" was invented by Martine A. Rothblatt (Silver Spring, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating pulmonary hypertension. The compositions and methods are based on administering a NO-releasing compound, such as nitrite, to a subject in need thereof in an amount sufficient to increase the level of circulating nitric oxide (NO), a potent vasodilator, thereby reducing the subject's blood pressure and increasing blood flow."

The pa...