US Patent Issued to Acura Pharmaceuticals on Sept. 22 for "Methods and compositions for interfering with extraction or conversion of a drug susceptible to abuse" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,948, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Palatine, Ill.).

"Methods and compositions for interfering with extraction or conversion of a drug susceptible to abuse" was invented by Ronald L Leech Jr. (Plymouth, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Effective methods and compositions to deter abuse of pharmaceutical products (e.g., orally administered pharmaceutical products) including but not limited to immediate release, sustained or extended release and delayed release formulations for drugs subject to abuse."

The patent was filed on June 23, 2023, under Application No. 18/213,524.

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