ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,990, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Tolmar International Ltd. (Dublin).
"Method of treating a child with central precocious puberty using an extended release composition" was invented by Avinash Nangia (Fort Collins, Colo.) and John Arthur McLane (Loveland, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extended release formulation is provided for use in a method for the treatment of Central Precocious Puberty (CPP) in pediatric patients 2 years of age or older. The extended release formulation comprises leuprolide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a biodegradable polymer, and a biocompatible organic solvent. The biodegradabl...