ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,000, issued on April 14, was assigned to ANNIKKI GMBH (Raaba-Gramach, Austria) and PHARMAZELL GMBH (Raubling, Germany).
"Method for the hydroxylation of steroids" was invented by Nicole Staunig (Vasoldsberg, Austria) and Kai Oliver Donsbach (Traunstein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of preparing a steroid comprising the step of converting a 7-deoxysteroid with a cytochrome P450 enzyme or a functional variant thereof in the presence of at least one redox partner system and a system for regenerating the redox partner system."
The patent was filed on March 5, 2021, under Application N...