US Patent Issued to Cila Therapeutics on July 28 for "Inhalable therapeutic agent" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,064, issued on July 28, was assigned to Cila Therapeutics Inc. (Jamaica Plain, Morocco).

"Inhalable therapeutic agent" was invented by Dennis Underwood (Jamaica Plain, Mass.), Ashfaq Mahmood (Jamaica Plain, Mass.) and Safia K. Rizvi (Jamaica Plain, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A therapeutic agent for treating airways of a subject comprising one or more types or sizes of particles, each particle comprising in turn a biodegradable enclosure containing a mucolytic or another drug therein. A dispersing apparatus may be used to deliver metered doses of mucolytic and may be configured for self-administration by the subject. Encapsu...