ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,405, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SHILPA PHARMA LIFESCIENCES Ltd. (Karnataka, India).
"Injectable compositions of ursodeoxycholic acid" was invented by Pradeep Shivakumar (Bengaluru, India), Purushothama Narasiyappa (Bengaluru, India) and Kiran Kumar Cherukuri (Bengaluru, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to an injectable pharmaceutical composition comprising (a) ursodeoxycholic acid and (b) sulfobutylether-Beta-cyclodextrin. Such compositions exhibit unexpected solubility and stability of ursodeoxycholic acid permitting therapeutic dosages of the ursodeoxycholic acid to be administered with...