US Patent Issued to FERMENTA BIOTECH on July 15 for "Photochemical synthesis of vitamin D3 using sensitizers" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,871, issued on July 15, was assigned to FERMENTA BIOTECH Ltd. (Thane, India).

"Photochemical synthesis of vitamin D3 using sensitizers" was invented by Anupama Datla (Thane, India), Prashant Nagre (Thane, India), Jagdish Tamore (Thane, India), Sreenath Trivikram (Dombivli, India) and Gajanan Degaonkar (Badlapur, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses an improved photochemical synthesis of vitamin D3 from 7-dehydrocholesterol alone or in combination with sterol precursors in presence of the photosensitizer of Formula I in high yield and with reduced levels of impurities."

The patent was filed on May 5, 2...