US Patent Issued to Chorda Pharma on July 15 for "Chemical derivatives and methods for synthesizing and compounding chemical derivatives related to capsaicin palmitate and capsaicin prodrugs" (Pennsylvania, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,868, issued on July 15, was assigned to Chorda Pharma Inc. (Roanoke, Va.).

"Chemical derivatives and methods for synthesizing and compounding chemical derivatives related to capsaicin palmitate and capsaicin prodrugs" was invented by Richard Daniel Carliss (Roanoke, Va.) and Jianxing William Huang (Betlehem, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Capsaicin compositions and methods for enhancing hydrophobicity of a molecule useful for pharmaceutical applications, including: (1) a prodrug using a linker such as a carbamate between capsaicin with other structures in order to optimize kinetic control of capsaicin cleavage; (2) a prodrug usin...