ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,486, issued on May 20, was assigned to PHARMACOSMOS HOLDING A/S (Holbaek, Denmark).

"Treating iron deficiency with ferric carboxymaltose" was invented by Tobias Sidelmann Christensen (Roskilde, Denmark), Philip Schaffalitzky De Muckadell (Virum, Denmark), Lars Lykke Thomsen (Holte, Denmark) and Claes Christian Strom (Rungsted, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of treating iron deficiency with IV iron carbohydrate complexes such ferric carboxymaltose, monitoring or identifying subjects to determine their eligibility for being administered said IV iron carbohydrate complexes, and combinin...