US Patent Issued to Vanda Pharmaceuticals on July 7 for "Treatment of atopic dermatitis with tradipitant" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,055, issued on July 7, was assigned to Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Washington).

"Treatment of atopic dermatitis with tradipitant" was invented by Mihael H. Polymeropoulos (Potomac, Md.), Gunther Birznieks (Chevy Chase, Md.) and Christos Polymeropoulos (Potomac, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates generally to improvements in the treatment of pruritus, atopic dermatitis (AD), and associated symptoms with tradipitant. More particularly, it relates to a method for increasing the likelihood of achieving optimal therapeutic response in the treatment of an AD patient, where the AD patient is one for whom a potential th...