ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,066, issued on June 17, was assigned to BIOPHORE INDIA PHARMACEUTICALS PVT. LTD (Hyderabad, India).

"Process for the preparation of sucroferric oxyhydroxide" was invented by Manik Reddy Pullagurla (Hyderabad, India), Bhaskar Reddy Pitta (Hyderabad, India), Rajesh Bhudeti (Hyderabad, India) and Jagadeesh Babu Rangisetty (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of pharmaceutical grade of Sucroferric oxyhydroxide (1). More particularly, the present invention relates to a process for the preparation of Sucroferric oxyhydroxide (1) specific surface area of mo...