Patent 9376419 was granted and assigned to Apotex on June, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Disclosed are solid forms of Nilotinib hydrochloride and methods of preparation of various crystalline solvates of Nilotinib HCl including benzyl alcohol, acetic acid, propylene glycol, and isopropanol. Nilotinib HCl is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of drug resistant chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).