Letosteine is a mucolytic[1] patented (U.S. patent 6987120) by Piero del Soldato of Milan, Italy.[2] He filed his application in 2000.

References

  1. ^ Zhou Y, Sun S, Liu H, Cui L, Chang X, Sun Z (November 2014). "Efficacy and safety of letosteine in the treatment of sputum thickening and expectoration difficulty in patients with respiratory diseases: a multicenter, randomized, double-masked, double dummy, positive drug parallel controlled trial". Die Pharmazie. 69 (11): 842–9. PMID 25985582.
  2. ^ US 6987120, del Soldato P, "Pharmaceutical compounds", issued 17 January 2006, assigned to Nicox SA