ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 18 -- A&G Pharmaceutical, Columbia, Maryland, has been assigned a patent (8,911,950) developed by Ginette Serrero, Ellicott City, Maryland, for methods and compositions "for inhibiting the growth of hematopoietic malignant cells."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 29, 2011 (13/220,307). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50& . . .