US Patent Issued to Alcon on Nov. 25 for "Pharmaceutical compositions for treating ocular diseases or disorders" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,577, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Pharmaceutical compositions for treating ocular diseases or disorders" was invented by Sanjib Kumar Das (Morrisville, N.C.) and Cheng-Wen Lin (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions, intravitreal implants and particle suspensions comprising a polymer matrix and at least one therapeutic agent that is released in a substantially linear manner for a particular duration."

The patent was filed on March 5, 2020, under Application No. 16/810,149.

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