US Patent Issued to Universite Laval on June 30 for "Monoglycerol acrylate based polymer and uses thereof" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,649, issued on June 30, was assigned to Universite Laval (Quebec., Canada).

"Monoglycerol acrylate based polymer and uses thereof" was invented by Sabrina Roussel (Quebec, Canada), Nicolas Bertrand (Quebec, Canada) and Philippe Grenier (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present document relates to amphiphilic poly(monoglycerol acrylate) (PMGA) polymers, comprising an hydrophilic repeating unit of monoglycerol acrylate and one or more biodegradable hydrophobic group and their use and methods of use in the delivery of bioactive agents. Additionally, the invention provides a method for preparing monoglycerol acrylate-bas...