US Patent Issued to MEDICHEM on July 8 for "Process for the synthesis of lofexidine" (Spanish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,558, issued on July 8, was assigned to MEDICHEM S.A. (Sant Joan Despi, Spain).

"Process for the synthesis of lofexidine" was invented by I-Teng Montserrat Ng Choi (Girona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an improved process for the synthesis of lofexidine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, using an aluminium alkoxide as Lewis acid."

The patent was filed on April 16, 2021, under Application No. 17/913,915.

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