US Patent Issued to Saint Joseph's University on Feb. 11 for "Polymer compositions for storage and release of polypeptides" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,486, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Saint Joseph's University (Philadelphia).

"Polymer compositions for storage and release of polypeptides" was invented by Vaishnavi Parikh (Sellersville, Pa.) and Pardeep Gupta (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the discovery of novel PLGA particles comprising a polypeptide adsorbed on the surface of the PLGA particles. In certain embodiments, the PLGA particles can be used to administer the polypeptide to a patient in need thereof. As compared to polypeptide-delivery formulations known in the art, the present invention demonstrates a higher relati...