US Patent Issued to Ferring on Feb. 3 for "Mucoadhesive pharmaceutical compositions of corticosteroids" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,306, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Ferring B.V. (Hoofddorp, Netherlands).

"Mucoadhesive pharmaceutical compositions of corticosteroids" was invented by Arnaud Grenier (Hoofddorp, Netherlands) and Dario Carrara (Hoofddorp, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are mucoadhesive pharmaceutical compositions of corticosteroids, as well as methods of making such pharmaceutical compositions, and therapeutic methods using them. The compositions typically comprise a corticosteroid in a mucoadhesive system, wherein the mucoadhesive system comprises a rheology-modifying agent and a vehicle for the corticosteroid. The co...