US Patent Issued to Yeda Research and Development on June 2 for "Liposomic drug-delivery vehicles" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,770, issued on June 2, was assigned to Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel).

"Liposomic drug-delivery vehicles" was invented by Jacob Klein (Rehovot, Israel), Ronit Goldberg (Rehovot, Israel) and Weifeng Lin (Rehovot, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liposome for use in delivering a therapeutically active agent to a subject in need thereof is disclosed herein. The liposome comprises: a) at least one bilayer-forming lipid; b) a polymeric compound having the general formula I: wherein m, n, L, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein; and c) a therapeutically active agent, incorporated in the liposome and/or on a sur...