ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,457, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Division A/S (Hellerup, Denmark).
"Dry growth hormone composition transiently linked to a polymer carrier" was invented by Grethe Norskov Rasmussen (Farum, Denmark), Susanne Kindermann (Liestal, Switzerland), Harald Rau (Dossenheim, Germany) and Thomas Wegge (Heidelberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to dry compositions of rhGH polymer prodrug containing a lyoprotectant and, optionally, one or more than one excipient. Such compositions are stable for at least 1 year, when stored at 2-8deg C. The invention further relates to me...