MUMBAI, India, April 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517033361 A) filed by Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, Germany, on April 4, for 'process for the preparation of a gadolinium contrast agent.'

Inventor(s) include Hog Daniel; Longerich Markus; Jacobs Tia; Grube Stefan; Platzek Johannes; Terwilliger Daniel William; Ebhardt Lasse; Boeddinghaus Nicole; Kunellis Jan Christian; Ulferts Hanel Anita; Balzer Sandra; and Schirmer Heiko.

The application for the patent was published on April 25, under issue no. 17/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a gadolinium chelate compound of formula (I) or...