ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,905, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to AstraZeneca UK Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Systems and methods for dispensing a statin medication over the counter" was invented by James Blasetto (Chadds Ford, Pa.), Judy Firor (Landenberg, Pa.), David Guiga (West Chester, Pa.), William Mongan (Malvern, Pa.), Robert Prybolsky (West Chester, Pa.) and Richard L. Skelly (Flourtown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for over the counter statin delivery to a subject. Survey results from the subject are run against a first plurality of filters. When a filter in the first plurality of filters is fired, the subjec...