US Patent Issued to CONTERA PHARMA on Oct. 27 for "Pulsatile drug delivery system for treating morning akinesia" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,389, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CONTERA PHARMA A/S (Horsholm, Denmark).

"Pulsatile drug delivery system for treating morning akinesia" was invented by John Bondo Hansen (Copenhagen O, Denmark), Mikael Sondergard Thomsen (Hvidovre, Denmark), Ann Vivian Fullerton (Copenhagen K, Denmark), Bent Hojgaard (Allerod, Denmark) and Peter Gudmund Nielsen (Vaerlose, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herewith is a pharmaceutical composition comprising, separately or together, a pulsatile release component comprising levodopa and a DOPA decarboxylase inhibitor for the management of OFF-time episodes in patients with Parkinson...