US Patent Issued to Altibio on Nov. 18 for "Modified-release tiopronin compositions, kits and methods for treating cystinuria and related disorders" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,160, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Altibio Inc. (Half Moon Bay, Calif.).

"Modified-release tiopronin compositions, kits and methods for treating cystinuria and related disorders" was invented by Patrick Reichenberger (Half Moon Bay, Calif.) and Artem Zykovich (Novato, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods, compositions, devices, and kits for treating cystinuria or related disorders, in which tiopronin is administered to a patient according to a modified-release strategy that releases tiopronin in critically-spaced, repeated pulses over time, to provide lower peak plasma levels but consisten...