US Patent Issued to SCHOTT Pharma on Jan. 13 for "Pharmaceutical container and liquid composition" (Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,489, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co. KGaA (Mainz, Germany).

"Pharmaceutical container and liquid composition" was invented by Elmar Horsch (Schwellbrunn, Switzerland) and Tanja Woywod (Mainz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pharmaceutical container for drug delivery includes a barrel configured to slidably receive a stopper, the stopper having a proximal end suitable for contacting a plunger rod and a distal end suitable for contacting a pharmaceutical composition, the stopper having a circumferential surface partially contacting an inner surface of the barrel, a surface roughness of the inner surfa...