US Patent Issued to Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Universiteit Antwerpen on June 17 for "Compositions against Candida infections" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,743, issued on June 17, was assigned to Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium) and Universiteit Antwerpen (Antwerp, Belgium).

"Compositions against Candida infections" was invented by Bruno Cammue (Alsemberg, Belgium), Karin Thevissen (Bierbeek, Belgium), Kaat De Cremer (Bierbeek, Belgium) and Paul Cos (Oostmalle, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compositions for topical use comprising an imidazole or a salt thereof, and domiphen bromide as active ingredients for use in treating or preventing a fungal infection, wherein said imidazole is chosen from ketoconazole and clotrimazole as active ingredien...