US Patent Issued to TIONLAB THERAPEUTICS on June 23 for "Lipoprotein-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery and uses thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,673, issued on June 23, was assigned to TIONLAB THERAPEUTICS (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Lipoprotein-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery and uses thereof" was invented by Duck Soo Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jin-Ho Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a drug carrier having excellent bioavailability and improved drug encapsulation efficiency by preparing lipoprotein-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticles having a core-shell structure consisting of albumin-conjugated cholesterol, a fusogenic lipid, a cationic lipid, a triglyceride and a ch...