US Patent Issued to American Regent on June 17 for "Methods and compositions for administration of iron" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,772, issued on June 17, was assigned to American Regent Inc. (Shirley, N.Y.).

"Methods and compositions for administration of iron" was invented by Mary Jane Helenek (Brookville, N.Y.), Marc L. Tokars (Douglassville, N.Y.) and Richard P. Lawrence (Calverton, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to treatment of iron-related conditions with iron carbohydrate complexes. One aspect of the invention is a method of treatment of iron-related conditions with a single unit dosage of at least about 0.6 grams of elemental iron via an iron carbohydrate complex. The method generally employs iron carbohydrate...