ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,146, issued on July 29, was assigned to Tillotts Pharma AG (Rheinfelden, Switzerland).

"Method of producing a delayed release drug formulation" was invented by Felipe Varum (Rheinfelden, Switzerland), Laetitia Von Rochow (Rheinfelden, Switzerland), Carsten Markus Fuller (Rheinfelden, Switzerland) and Roberto Carlos Bravo Gonzalez (Rheinfelden, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method produces a coatable core for a delayed release drug formulation for oral administration, to deliver a drug to the colon. The method involves forming a core containing a drug. An outer layer coating preparation is formed by combining a first aq...