US Patent Issued to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on March 17 for "Polymeric implants with high drug loading and long-acting drug release and methods of making the same" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,035, issued on March 17, was assigned to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

"Polymeric implants with high drug loading and long-acting drug release and methods of making the same" was invented by Martina Kovarova (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Soumya Rahima Benhabbour (Chapel Hill, N.C.), J. Victor Garcia-Martinez (Durham, N.C.) and Panita Maturavongsadit (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are polymeric implants and controlled release drug delivery systems to provide high drug loading and long-acting drug release. Provided herein are methods for making the same. Methods of admi...