US Patent Issued to LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS on March 17 for "Continuous process for preparing the crystalline form II of sotagliflozin" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,269, issued on March 17, was assigned to LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS INC. (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Continuous process for preparing the crystalline form II of sotagliflozin" was invented by Bruno Burel (Paris), Jerome Cezerac (Paris), Stephane Dutheil (Paris), Martial Etienne (Paris), Richard Flacher (Paris) and Antonio Nobrega (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present document relates to a process for the preparation of the crystalline form II of sotagliflozin from compound of formula (A), said process being continuously performed and comprising at least the steps of: a) performing in a reaction chamber the reaction of said com...