2025-08742Notice

NIH Hands Patent for Brain-Protecting Drug Tech to Startup

Published Date: 5/16/2025

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Summary

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences plans to give Neurala Bio, Inc. an exclusive license to use new inventions related to c-Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitors, which could help develop important medicines. This means Neurala gets special rights to make and use these inventions, possibly speeding up drug research and development. The deal affects researchers, companies, and patients waiting for better treatments, with no immediate cost changes announced.

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Exclusive Drug Patent License to Neurala

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences plans to give Neurala Bio, Inc. an exclusive patent license to inventions for c-Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor compounds and their use. This could help speed up drug research and development and affect researchers, companies, and patients, and the notice states there are no immediate cost changes announced.

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