Happi Staff03.26.20
US Patent No.10,596,094 B2; Yale Univeristy has been awarded a patent for a method to reduce skin pigmentation that consistis of administering an effective amount of a composition consisting of an active ingredient having skin whitening activity and optionally one or more additional ingredients. The active ingredient with skin whitening activity consists of 1% to 10% cytidin, and one or more additional ingredients selected from the group consisting of excipients; surface active agents; dispersing agents; inert diluents; granulating and disintegrating agents; lubricating agents; sweetening agents; flavoring agents; coloring agents; preservatives; gelatin; aqueous vehicles and solvents; oily vehicles and solvents; suspending agents; wetting agents; emulsifying agents, demulcents; thickening agents; antioxidants; antibiotics; antifungal agents; stabilizing agents; pharmaceutically acceptable polymeric materials and pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophobic materials.