ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,781, issued on April 8, was assigned to TAIWAN LIPOSOME Co. LTD. (Taipei, Taiwan) and TLC BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Sustained-release pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutic agent for treating dementia and uses thereof" was invented by Keelung Hong (South San Francisco, Calif.), Hao-Wen Kao (South San Francisco, Calif.), Yi-Yu Lin (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Walter Gwathney (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one liposome and a therapeutic agent for treating dementia with a high dru...