US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON, UNIVERSITE LAVAL on April 7 for "Antiviral compositions for treating the flu" (French, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,280, issued on April 7, was assigned to UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1 (Villeurbanne, France), INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM) (Paris), HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON (Lyons, France) and UNIVERSITE LAVAL (Quebec, Canada).

"Antiviral compositions for treating the flu" was invented by Manuel Rosa-Calatrava (Lyons, France), Olivier Terrier (Lyons, France), Julien Textoris (Villeurbanne, France), Guy Boivin (Quebec, Canada) and Mario Pizzorno (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical or veterinary composition for the use thereof in preventing and/or trea...