US Patent Issued to University of Southern California on May 12 for "Promoiety strategy to enhance drug activity" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,058, issued on May 12, was assigned to University of Southern California (Los Angeles).

"Promoiety strategy to enhance drug activity" was invented by Charles E. Mckenna (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various nucleoside phosphate and phosphonate analogues are provided for treatment of viral infections. Methods of preparing the analogues, pharmaceutical compositions containing the analogues, and methods of using the analogues as antiviral compounds, especially against adenoviruses, coronaviruses, and varicella zoster viruses, are also provided."

The patent was filed on Aug. 18, 2021, under Application No. 18/021,753.

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