US Patent Issued to Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Plumestars on July 15 for "Powder composition based on microparticles embedding nanoparticles for the delivery of therapeutic/diagnostic compounds" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,572, issued on July 15, was assigned to Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (Rome) and Plumestars S.R.L. (Parma, Italy).

"Powder composition based on microparticles embedding nanoparticles for the delivery of therapeutic/diagnostic compounds" was invented by Daniele Catalucci (Segrate, Italy), Michele Iafisco (Castel Maggiore, Italy), Paolo Colombo (Parma, Italy) and Eride Quarta (Parma, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a powder composition for inhalation use comprising a plurality of microparticles comprising at least one water-soluble pharmaceutically acceptable carrier embedding at least one nanopartic...