ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,196, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Ferring B.V. (Hoofddorp, Netherlands).

"Stable liquid gonadotropin formulation" was invented by Helen Ulrika Sjogren (Lund, Sweden) and Charlotte Hojer-Pedersen (Viby Sjaelland, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains in general to the field of the stabilization of gonadotropin formulations, in particular liquid formulations of gonadotropins. The stabilization is achieved by a particular combination of excipients, preferably arginine and methionine. In a preferred embodiment, the formulation does not comprise a buffer."

The patent was filed on April 21, 2023, unde...