US Patent Issued to POLYACTIVA on Dec. 23 for "Biodegradable drug-polymer conjugate" (Australian, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,553, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to POLYACTIVA PTY LTD (Melbourne, Australia).

"Biodegradable drug-polymer conjugate" was invented by Stephen Lonsdale Birkett (Langwarrin, Australia), Andrew Craig Donohue (Bentleigh East, Australia), Asha Marina D'Souza (Carnegie, Australia), Sarah Man Yee Ng (Berwick, Australia), Adrian Sulistio (Glen Iris, Australia), Russell John Tait (Balwyn, Australia), David Valade (Glenroy, Australia), Alan Naylor (Harston, Great Britain), Jason Watling (Cheltenham, Australia) and Carmen Vittoria Scullino (Moonee Ponds, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug-polymer conjugate, which is a copolymer...