ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,670, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Roquette Freres (Lestrem, France).

"Hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin and process for the production thereof" was invented by Clothilde Buffe (Lomme, France), Joel Delattre (Douvrin, France) and Vincent Wiatz (Premesques, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel hydroxypropyl-Beta-cyclodextrin (HPBetaCD) and also to a novel process that is of use for producing same. The invention also relates to the use of this HPBetaCD as an excipient. The invention also relates to an HPBetaCD for use thereof as a medicament, and more particularly for the treatment or preven...