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news.The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property has approved HealthSport's patent application relating to its bi-layer edible film strip technology. The technology is a multi-layer film strips that deliver drug and dietary supplement actives through buccal and sublingual absorption as well as oral ingestion.
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The company said that the patent issuance opens the door for sales and distribution into Mexico, and is expected to accelerate HealthSport’s move into the international marketplace. The issuance of the Mexican patent also strengthens HealthSports’s commitment to develop products based on it’s drug delivery technology.
Kevin Taheri, CEO of HealthSport, said: “We have long recognised the unique value that our film strip technology can provide to consumers through a number of different products, and the recently issued Mexican patent reinforces this belief, further demonstrating the proprietary nature of our technology,”
The company has currently seven additional patent applications pending in the US and several other countries.