ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,903, issued on June 10, was assigned to Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

"Botulinum toxin prefilled plastic syringe" was invented by Markus Vogt (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a prefilled plastic container, such as a plastic syringe, comprising an aqueous botulinum toxin formulation. The aqueous botulinum toxin formulation in the prefilled plastic container is stable for a prolonged time period. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a kit comprising the prefilled plastic container, and to the use of the prefilled plastic container for therap...