US Patent Issued to R.P. Scherer Technologies on Sept. 29 for "API stability in softgels" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,206, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to R.P. Scherer Technologies LLC (Carson City, Nev.).

"API stability in softgels" was invented by Douglas Keith Durham (Windsor, Canada) and Hitesh S. Patel (Windsor, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Softgels having improved stability of active pharmaceutical ingredients and methods of preparing the same are provided. In some embodiments, a softgel comprises a fill material composition and a softgel shell. In some embodiments, the fill material composition of the softgel comprises one or more active pharmaceutical ingredient (API); 2 to 15 wt. % povidone; 30 to 60 wt. % polyethylene glycol;...