US Patent Issued on Oct. 6 for "Solid state form of tafamidis and a process for its preparation" (Italian, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,156, issued on Oct. 6.

"Solid state form of tafamidis and a process for its preparation" was invented by Giuseppe Barreca (Sirtori, Italy), Luca Carcone (Milan), Piero Paravidino (Sedriano, Italy), Daniele Pengo (Senago, Italy), Massimo Zampieri (Casano Maderno, Italy) and Liming Huang (Hangzhou City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crystalline form of 2-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-1,3-benzoxazole-6-carboxylic acid and a method for its preparation are described. The crystalline form is further suitable as intermediate compound to prepare Form 1, Form 4 and Form M with improved stability and purity."

The patent was filed on April 22, ...