US Patent Issued to Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Oct. 20 for "Topical cyclosporine-containing formulations and uses thereof" (Kansas, Wisconsin, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,182, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Mumbai, India).

"Topical cyclosporine-containing formulations and uses thereof" was invented by Sidney L. Weiss (Randolph, N.J.), Ashim K. Mitra (Overland Park, Kan.) and Eugene J. Mcnally (Fitchburg, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are formulations for topical ophthalmic formulations containing 0.087-0.093 wt % of cyclosporine, and methods of making and using such formulations. In some aspects and embodiments the formulations may include a polyoxyl lipid or fatty acid, and/or a polyalkoxylated alcohol and may include nanomicelles. Also in...