IP Library Granted Patent US 12,691,119
Granted Patent B2
US 12,691,119 · App. 18/276,594 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Methods for treating covid-19 with sepiapterin

Inventors: Gene Chatman Clark (Richmond, VA); Eleonora Mezzaroma (Glen Allen, VA); Christopher Rabender (Chesterfield, VA); Ross B. Mikkelsen (Richmond, VA); Vasily Yakovlev (Richmond, VA); Neil Smith (Cary, NC)
Assignees: PTC Therapeutics MP, Inc.; Virginia Commonwealth University
A61K31/519
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Patent No.
US 12,691,119
App. No.
18/276,594
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention features methods of treating a SARS-CoV-2 infection in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of sepiapterin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Claims (17)

1 . A method of therapeutic treatment of a SARS-CoV-2 infection in a human subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of sepiapterin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and wherein the method comprises mitigating acute respiratory distress.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the infection is a symptomatic infection.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sepiapterin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is administered as soon as the subject demonstrates one or more symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method comprises mitigating sepsis.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount of sepiapterin, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is about 10 mg/kg to about 60 mg/kg per dose.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount of sepiapterin, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is administered once daily.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount of sepiapterin, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is administered twice daily.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the effective amount of sepiapterin, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is administered in two equal doses.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount of sepiapterin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is administered with food.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein administration to the subject occurs less than 30 minutes prior to consuming food or after consuming food.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the administration to the subject is substantially at the same time as food.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sepiapterin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is administered as an oral powder in suspension.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sepiapterin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is administered as a suspension in a flavored suspending vehicle.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sepiapterin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is administered as a suspension in water or juice.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method comprises mitigating fibrotic disease resulting from acute respiratory distress.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount of sepiapterin, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is administered for at least 14 days.

17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount of sepiapterin, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is administered for 14-30 days.