US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation, Monash University on Nov. 18 for "Inhalation formulations of antimicrobial compounds" (Australian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,195, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Monash University (Clayton, Australia).

"Inhalation formulations of antimicrobial compounds" was invented by Qi Zhou (West Lafayette, Ind.), Maizbha Uddin Ahmed (West Lafayette, Ind.), Jian Li (Carnegie, Australia) and Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad (Melton South, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to a method for reducing the toxicity of inhaled polymyxins as a therapeutic agent comprising the step of co-administration of an aminoglycoside; a method for improving the aerosolization of an aminoglycosi...