US Patent Issued to GENUS LIFESCIENCES on Sept. 8 for "Aqueous oral compositions including potassium chloride" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,138, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to GENUS LIFESCIENCES INC. (Allentown, Pa.).

"Aqueous oral compositions including potassium chloride" was invented by Shivaji Phadke (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) and Vaishnavi Parikh (Sellersville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are oral liquid compositions comprising potassium chloride, glycerin, sodium benzoate, buffer, and water. The compositions are aqueous, free of alcohol and parabens, and exhibit enhanced stability with no visible formation of precipitates after temperature cycling and light exposure. The compositions are useful for the treatment of hypokalemia in patients with or...