ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,420, issued on April 29, was assigned to ACASTI PHARMA U.S. INC. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Stable nimodipine parenteral formulation" was invented by S. George Kottayil (West Windsor, N.J.), Amresh Kumar (Plainsboro, N.J.), Prasanna Sunthankar (West Windsor, N.J.), Vimal Kavuru (Holmdel, N.J.) and Kamalkishore Pati (Old Bridge, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nimodipine injection concentrate and diluted formulation comprises nimodipine (base or salt), an effective amount of a hydrophilic surfactant, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for injection which is an aqueous solution substantially free of organic solvent, such that the...