US Patent Issued to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Oct. 14 for "Devices and methods for overfilling drug containers" (New York, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,622, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Devices and methods for overfilling drug containers" was invented by Daniel B. Dix (Fort Myers, Fla.), Douglas Kamen (Poughquag, N.Y.) and Kenneth Graham (Pleasant Valley, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods for overfilling primary packaging components, and drug products prepared according to those methods. The methods may include introducing a volume of a formulated drug substance into a primary packaging component having a nominal volume, where the volume of the formulated drug substance is greater than the nomina...