# Josef Pitha — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Josef Pitha has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Special Sugars Make Medicines Dissolve Better](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/4727064/azt-zidovudine) — granted 1988
  This patent describes how to make poorly water-soluble drugs dissolve and absorb better by mixing them with specially modified, non-crystalline sugar molecules called cyclodextrin derivatives.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/josef-pitha

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