ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,915, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (Eatontown, N.J.).
"Liquid naloxone spray" was invented by Kiran Amancha (Chandler, Ariz.), Chandeshwari Chilampalli (Chandler, Ariz.), Thrimoorthy Potta (Phoenix), Ningxin Yan (Chandler, Ariz.) and Venkat R. Goskonda (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides stable liquid formulations containing naloxone, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a derivative thereof. The invention further provides methods for treating opioid overdose, opioid dependence, and congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis by administering the liquid formulatio...