Aspire files patent application for clopidogrel sublingual powder formulation

Aspire Biopharma (ASBP) announced the filing of a new provisional patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The application, titled “A Sublingual Powder Formulation of Clopidogrel and Methods of Use Thereof,” covers the first-ever sublingual formulation of clopidogrel, the active pharmaceutical ingredient in the widely prescribed blood thinner Plavix. This development represents a series of sublingual-based therapeutic alternatives the Company intends to commercialize via the FDA’s 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway. Aspire’s strategic pipeline focuses on reformulating approved generic therapeutics to address unmet needs where no sublingual alternatives currently exist, thus bringing the benefits of reducing or eliminating gastric irritation to products with these known side effects.