US Pharm. 2009;34(3):36. 

Cody Laboratories, a manufacturer and supplier of bulk active pharmaceutical ingredients and a wholly owned subsidiary of Lannett Company, Inc., received approval from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its patent covering a novel method in the manufacturing process of hydromorphone and hydrocodone. According to Arthur Bedrosian, president and chief executive officer of Lannett, the new methodology allows the company to increase its manufacturing time and "appreciably expand [the company's] manufacturing capacity."