US Patent Issued to The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma on April 14 for "Nanocrystal microparticles of poorly soluble drugs and methods of production and use thereof" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,562, issued on April 14, was assigned to The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Okla.).

"Nanocrystal microparticles of poorly soluble drugs and methods of production and use thereof" was invented by Lucila Garcia-Contreras (Edmond, Okla.), Sevim Manolya Hatipoglu (Oklahoma City) and Doris Mangiaracina Benbrook (Oklahoma City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microparticulate drug compositions comprising nanocrystals of poorly soluble drugs combined with a carrier are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the microparticulate drug compositions. Further disclosed are methods of prepar...