ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,752, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to UNITHER PHARMACEUTICALS (Amiens, France).

"Composition based on gellan gum and phenylephrine, production method and use as an ophthalmic product" was invented by Pierre-Louis Destruel (Carrieres-sur-Seine, France), Vincent Boudy (Paris), Ni Zeng (Orly, France), Nathalie Mignet (Clamart, France) and Marc Maury (Saint Medard en Jalles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a specific composition comprising in particular at least gellan gum and phenylephrine. It also relates to a particular method for manufacturing such a composition and its uses in particular as a mydriat...