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Mass General BrighamPatent grant

Brigham and Women's Hospital was granted a patent for blood-brain barrier drug delivery.

What happened

In September 2026 Brigham and Women's Hospital patented delivery compositions for helping therapeutic agents reach brain cells and cross the blood-brain barrier.

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Patent grant

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Grant date
Sep 29, 2026
Inventors
Fengfeng Bei
Patent number
US12747269
Assignee
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

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People

  • Fengfeng BeiInventor

Details

Primary CPC class
C07K 14/005
USPTO assignee
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
What the invention does
Short biological sequences are used to help medicines enter cells and pass through the brain’s protective barrier.

Topics and mentions

Tags

  • Intellectual Property
  • Research & Development
  • Bioengineering
  • Medical Research
  • Pharmaceuticals

Technologies named

  • blood-brain barrier delivery
  • peptide sequences
  • drug delivery

Extraction

Detected
Sep 30, 2026
signal_type
patents-company
signal_subtype
patentGrant

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    "summary": "Brigham and Women's Hospital was granted a patent for blood-brain barrier drug delivery.",
    "event_at": "2026-09-29",
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    "patent_title": "Methods and compositions for delivery of agents across the blood-brain barrier",
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    "uspto_assignee": "The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.",
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