ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,580, issued on April 14, was assigned to BASF AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Composition comprising a lipid compound, a triglyceride, and a surfactant, and methods of using the same" was invented by Svein Olaf Hustvedt (Olso, Norway), Preben Houlberg Olesen (Kobenhavn NV, Denmark) and Annette Mullertz (Charlottenlund, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions comprising 2-((5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)-icosa-5,8,11,14,17-pentaenyloxy)butanoic acid, an ester derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a triglyceride; and a surfactant, as well as methods for their use. The present disclosure further relates to self-emulsifying dru...