ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,071, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Storage system and method for storing and transporting medicament" was invented by Rey T. Chern (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Fanghua Mei (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and Loic Barbedette (Newbury Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage system for storing a drug includes a container, at least one passive cooling system, and an active cooling system. The container includes an interior volume to accommodate at least one drug. The at least one passive cooling system is disposed within the container and includes a phase change material. The active cooling sys...