US Patent Issued to YONSUNG FINE CHEMICAL on July 14 for "Method for preparing lifitegrast" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,828, issued on July 14, was assigned to YONSUNG FINE CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

"Method for preparing lifitegrast" was invented by Hyun Ik Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Eun Im Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Chang Heon Suhl (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved method for preparing lifitegrast is provided. The method is efficient and cost-effective and produces lifitegrast with high purity."

The patent was filed on Nov. 20, 2020, under Application No. 17/780,380.

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