US Patent Issued to Ethypharm on March 31 for "Low-dosage orodispersible opioid tablet and method for preparing same" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,070, issued on March 31, was assigned to Ethypharm (Saint-Cloud, France).

"Low-dosage orodispersible opioid tablet and method for preparing same" was invented by Bruno Criere (Gravigny, France) and Jack Zerrouk (Rouen, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-dosage orodispersible opioid tablet including: 10 to 30% by weight of opioid granules, and 70% to 90% by weight of a mixture of compression excipients. The granules include 8 to 27% by weight of the opioid and 72% to 93% by weight of a mixture of diluent and binder. The mixture of compression excipients includes at least one disintegrating agent, one diluting agent, one lubr...