US Patent Issued to Amryt Pharmaceuticals Designated Activity on April 8 for "Betulin-containing birch bark extracts and their formulation" (German, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,695, issued on April 8, was assigned to Amryt Pharmaceuticals Designated Activity Co. (Dublin).

"Betulin-containing birch bark extracts and their formulation" was invented by John Ashleigh Watson (Walenstadt, Switzerland), Sebastian Jager (Wiernsheim, Germany) and Tobias Zahn (Pforzheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to birch bark extracts, methods of producing such extracts, stable pharmaceutical compositions containing such extracts and methods of using of such extracts. The birch bark extracts of the present disclosure contain triterpenes, which are known to improve wound healing."

The pate...