US Patent Issued to XWPHARMA on June 24 for "Controlled release granulations of water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients" (American, Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,066, issued on June 24, was assigned to XWPHARMA LTD. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Controlled release granulations of water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients" was invented by Sami Karaborni (Cupertino, Calif.), Daniel M. Canafax (Half Moon Bay, Calif.), Jia-Ning Xiang (Fremont, Calif.), William W. Xiang (Fremont, Calif.), James Tien (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Nicolas D. Kirkland (Norristown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pharmaceutical granulations having a functional coating surrounding a core containing a water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredient are disclosed. The functional coating provides for immediate release ...