ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,520, issued on May 6, was assigned to Heron Therapeutics Inc. (San Diego).
"Methods of use of emulsion formulations of aprepitant" was invented by Thomas B. Ottoboni (Belmont, Calif.) and Han Han (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are novel pharmaceutical formulations of aprepitant suitable for parenteral administration including intravenous administration. Also included are formulations including both aprepitant and dexamethasone sodium phosphate. The pharmaceutical formulations are stable oil-in-water emulsions for non-oral treatment of emesis and are particularly useful for treatment of subjects...