ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,521, issued on April 29, was assigned to Klaria Pharma Holding AB (Uppsala, Sweden).

"Pharmaceutical formulation" was invented by Scott Boyer (Uppsala, Sweden), Fredrik Hubinette (Uppsala, Sweden), Leif Ingemarsson (Uppsala, Sweden) and Susan Suchdev (Uppsala, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A film comprising an alginate salt of a monovalent cation or a mixture of alginate salts containing at least one alginate salt of a monovalent cation, and a triptan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are described. Methods for manufacturing such a film, and the use of such a film in the treatment of disease in a human patient, in...