ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,476, issued on July 14, was assigned to FORESEE PHARMACEUTICALS Co. LTD. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Methods of manufacturing injectable sustained release formulations" was invented by Yuhua Li (Newark, Del.) and Andrew J. Guarino (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a method for the manufacture of a viscous liquid suspension or emulsion for controlled release drug delivery, where the composition comprises: a lactate-based polymer having a weight average molecular weight between 5,000 and 50,000 dalton; a biocompatible solvent; and a bioactive substance or a salt thereof. The method involves weighing, ...