ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,643, issued on July 15, was assigned to Marius Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Raleigh, N.C.).
"Emulsion formulations" was invented by Om Dhingra (Morrisville, N.C.) and James S. Bernstein (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A SEDDS or SMEDDS or SNEDDS formulation for drug delivery of a lipophilic therapeutic agent, providing enhanced modulation of solubility, stability, absorption, metabolism, and/or pharmacokinetic profile of the therapeutic agent by formulation with a lipophilic surfactant, a hydrophilic surfactant, one or more solubilizers and, optionally, digestible oils, resulting in higher bioavailability of the therapeutic ag...