ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,351, issued on March 25, was assigned to Catalent U.K. Swindon Zydis Ltd. (Swindon, Great Britain).

"Minimizing aeration of suspensions during in-line mixing" was invented by Rosaleen McLaughlin (Swindon, Great Britain), Simon Andrew Martyn Howes (Swindon, Great Britain) and Jonathon Whitehouse (Swindon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods of making a pharmaceutical composition comprising: providing a matrix solution/suspension comprising a matrix former, a structure former, 0.1-1.5 wt. % anti-aerating agent, and a solvent; mixing a plurality of hydrophobic particles into the matrix solution/suspension ...