ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,356, issued on April 21, was assigned to PanTher Therapeutics Inc. (Watertown, Mass.).
"Methods of treating pancreatic cancer" was invented by Laura Indolfi (Boston) and Margaret Lashof-Sullivan (Watertown, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are implantable and biodegradable drug delivery devices capable of delivering an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) directly to a target pancreatic tumor tissue. The drug delivery devices can include at least two layers. One of the layers can include the API and a biodegradable polymer and a second layer can include another biodegradable polymer that degrades slower than the first...