ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,338, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to R.P. SCHERER TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Carson City, Nev.).

"Solid or semisolid lipid based dosage form stabilization through curing and addition of low HLB surfactant(s)" was invented by Monica Lazaro (Tampa, Fla.), Irena McGuffy (Lutz, Fla.), Derek Bush (Belleair, Fla.) and Linus Gomsi Fonkwe (Clearwater, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are dosage forms comprise a solid or a semisolid lipid with immediate release properties and/or with extended release properties. The dosage forms disclosed herein may have their active pharmaceutical ingredient's (API's) release profile stabilized...