US Patent Issued to THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois on July 14 for "Nanoformulations of pazopanib, compositions comprising the same and methods of treating osteoarthritis" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,411, issued on July 14, was assigned to THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington) and The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Ill.).

"Nanoformulations of pazopanib, compositions comprising the same and methods of treating osteoarthritis" was invented by Hee-Jeong Im Sampen (Chicago) and Ying Liu (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are nanoparticles comprising Pazopanib or a derivative thereof encapsulated by the copolymer poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA). Also disclosed herein are methods for treating osteoarthritis, inhibiting or prev...