US Patent Issued to LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS on July 1 for "Solid forms of (S)-1-((2',6-bis(difluoromethyl)-[2,4'-bipyridin-5-yl)oxy)-2,4-dimethylpentan-2-amine and salts thereof" (Delaware, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,596, issued on July 1, was assigned to LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS INC. (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Solid forms of (S)-1-((2',6-bis(difluoromethyl)-[2,4'-bipyridin-5-yl)oxy)-2,4-dimethylpentan-2-amine and salts thereof" was invented by Qun Li (Newark, Del.), Wenxue Wu (Princeton Junction, N.J.) and Matthew Mangzhu Zhao (Edison, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Salts of the AAK1 inhibitor (S)-1-((2',6-bis(difluoromethyl)-[2,4'-bipyridin]-5-yl)oxy)-2,4-dimethylpentan-2-amine and solid forms thereof are disclosed, as are pharmaceutical formulations comprising them and methods of their preparation."

The patent was filed on Feb. 24, 2023, und...