US Patent Issued to Viking Therapeutics on July 14 for "Compositions and methods for the treatment of liver disorders" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,430, issued on July 14, was assigned to Viking Therapeutics Inc. (San Diego).

"Compositions and methods for the treatment of liver disorders" was invented by Brian Lian (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Geoffrey E. Barker (Carlsbad, Calif.), Kader Yagiz (San Diego), Maureen Barnes (San Diego) and Erland Stevens (Davidson, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to FXR agonists, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of using the same for preventing, treating, or ameliorating fatty liver diseases such as steatosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, either alone or...