US Patent Issued to Eagle Pharmaceuticals on July 1 for "Formulations of bendamustine" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,333, issued on July 1, was assigned to Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.).

"Formulations of bendamustine" was invented by Nagesh R. Palepu (Southampton, Pa.) and Philip Christopher Buxton (Uxbridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Long term storage stable bendamustine-containing compositions are disclosed. The compositions can include bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable fluid which can include in some embodiments PEG, PG or mixtures thereof and an antioxidant or chloride ion source. The bendamustine-containing compositions have less than about 5% tot...