ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,198, issued on July 29, was assigned to LA PHARMATECH INC (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating psychiatric disorders" was invented by Jianmin Wang (Pelham, Ala.), Fengming Jia (Beijing) and Geping Cui (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of using a pharmaceutical composition comprising ebastine and alprazolam for treating patients suffering from one or more psychiatric disorders, such as major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, mild chronic depression, premenstrual dysphoric disorder are disclosed."

The patent was filed on Jan. 13, 2025, under Application No. 19/018,731....