US Patent Issued to Longevitan Biosciences on July 15 for "Berberine alpha-ketoglutarate salt, crystalline form, methods of preparation and applications thereof" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,922, issued on July 15, was assigned to Longevitan Biosciences LLC (Natick, Mass.).

"Berberine alpha-ketoglutarate salt, crystalline form, methods of preparation and applications thereof" was invented by Dedong Wu (Newton, Mass.), Branden Wu (Newton, Mass.) and Jacob Dongjian Shi (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to berberine alpha-ketoglutarate salts, which can be used in a pharmaceutical or nutraceutical composition for the treatment or prevention of bacterial infections, cardiovascular diseases, or other conditions. The present disclosure also relates to crystalline forms, methods of preparing b...