US Patent Issued to Aeromics on Feb. 4 for "Prodrug salts" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,987, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Aeromics Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Prodrug salts" was invented by Marc F. Pelletier (Shaker Heights, Ohio), Paul Robert McGuirk (Spring Hill, Fla.), George William Farr (Rocky River, Ohio), Robert Zamboni (Beaconsfield, Canada), John Colucci (Kirkland, Canada) and Helmi Zaghdane (Pincourt, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are novel prodrug salts of selective aquaporin inhibitors, their use as pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and novel processes for their synthesis and novel intermediates for use in their synthesis. Also provided is use of a compound ...