09.01.02
Natural Health Sciences (NHS), Chicago, IL, has been awarded a U.S. patent for use in reduction of the pain and discomfort associated with menstruation (PMS). The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office awarded patent number 6,372,266 B1 to Pycnogenol® for the “unexpected” findings that it exhibits “unprecedented remarkable ameliorating or therapeutic effects on patients with dysmenorrhea and endometriosis.”