US Patent Issued to Nova Southeastern University on July 15 for "Sublingual epinephrine compositions including pH-modifying excipients and penetration enhancers and methods for use thereof" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,591, issued on July 15, was assigned to Nova Southeastern University (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Sublingual epinephrine compositions including pH-modifying excipients and penetration enhancers and methods for use thereof" was invented by Mutasem Rawas-Qalaji (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides sublingual epinephrine compositions including epinephrine fine particles formulated with pH-modifying excipients and penetration enhancers. The sublingual compositions are used to control absorption of epinephrine at the site of delivery in an oral cavity. The invention also provides methods for therapeuti...