ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,562, issued on March 3, was assigned to Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.).

"Injectable epinephrine formulations demonstrating stability over time" was invented by Jack Yongfeng Zhang (Diamond Bar, Calif.), Mary Zi-ping Luo (Diamond Bar, Calif.), Fonda Su (Hacienda Heights, Calif.), Marvin Lin (Temple City, Calif.), Jie Fei Ding (Diamond Bar, Calif.), Justin Jun Wei (Chino Hills, Calif.), Wenbo Yu (Arcadia, Calif.) and Rong Zhou (Brea, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical formulations including epinephrine that have increased epinephrine retention over long-term storage, e.g...