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US 7,858,820 · App. 10/415,472 · Granted Dec 28, 2010

Solid compositions suitable for oral administration containing non-hygroscopic salts of L-carnitine and the alkanoyl L-carnitines with taurine chloride and glycine chloride

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Patent No.
US 7,858,820
App. No.
10/415,472
Granted
Dec 28, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described herein are both non-hygroscopic salts of L-carnitine and alkanoyl L-carnitine with taurine chloride (2-aminoethane-sulphonic chloride) and non-hygroscopic salts of L-carnitine and alkanoyl L-carnitine with glycine chloride which lend themselves favorably to the preparation of solid compositions suitable for oral administration. Also described are solid compositions containing said salts.

Claims (3)

1. A solid, stable, non-hygroscopic salt of L-carnitine or alkanoyl L-carnitine with taurine chloride of formula (I):

where R is hydrogen or a straight or branched lower alkanoyl with 2-5 carbon atoms.

2. The salt according to claim 1 , where R is selected from the group consisting of acetyl, propionyl, butyryl, valeryl or isovaleryl.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Oct 15, 2019
From: ALFASIGMA S.P.A.
To: ALFASIGMA S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 050727/0652 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 14, 2017
From: SIGMA-TAU INDUSTRIE FARMACEUTICHE RIUNITE S.P.A.
To: ALFASIGMA S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 044760/0906 →