US Patent Issued to Vifor (International) on March 4 for "Iron compositions and methods of making and using them" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,657, issued on March 4, was assigned to Vifor (International) AG (ST. Gallen, Switzerland).

"Iron compositions and methods of making and using them" was invented by Roshan James (Westerville, Ohio), Bindhu Madhavi Rayaprolu (Columbus, Ohio), Ting Zhang (Westerville, Ohio) and Meng Zhong (Westerville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Injectable iron compositions comprising iron, a carbohydrate, a stabilizing agent and water are provided. These iron compositions can be prepared by mixing iron with a carbohydrate and water to form a mixture and adding a stabilizing agent to the mixture to form the stable injectable iron composition. ...