US Patent Issued to Nacuity Pharmaceuticals on June 23 for "Method for preparation of N-acetyl cysteine amide and derivatives thereof" (American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,449, issued on June 23, was assigned to Nacuity Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Method for preparation of N-acetyl cysteine amide and derivatives thereof" was invented by G. Michael Wall (Fort Worth, Texas), Doug G. Johnson (Arvada, Colo.), Anja Rubenstein (Florence, S.C.), Rodney Tucker (Hartsville, S.C.), Josh Bolger (Florence, S.C.), Marcin Jakub Kowalczyk (Mitcham, Australia) and Craig Sheehan (Boronia, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented herein are methods for making, isolating, and purifying N-acetylcysteine amide, (2R,2R')-3,3'-disulfanediyl bis(2-acetamidopropanamide, diNACA), intermediates and deriv...