MUMBAI, India, June 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617061284 A) filed by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC on May 14, 2026, for Agglomerated Crystalline Medium Chain Fatty Acid Salts.
Inventors include Terife, Graciela; Escotet Espinoza, Manuel Sebastian; Parker, Andrew Stevens; Klinzing, Gerard R.; Koranne, Sampada; and Bookwala, Mustafa.
The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.
Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions of agglomerated crystalline salts of medium chain fatty acids having improved properties relative to commercially available salts. These salts are useful as excipients in oral dosage forms of medicaments, including as permeation enhancers. This disclosure provides compositions of sodium caprate crystals having improved powder flow and compression behavior. This disclosure further provides oral tablets containing these sodium caprate compositions, including tablets that are substantially free of any compression aid excipient. In various embodiments, these tablets exhibit superior tensile strength and compaction performance than conventional tablets.
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