ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,211, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Augusta SpinCo Corp. (Milford, Mass.).

"Buffer compositions for reducing aggregation" was invented by Jean-Sebastien Cote (Levis, Canada), Marie-Christine Fortin (Quebec, Canada), Vincent Blanchette (Quebec, Canada), Marie-Helene Tremblay (Quebec, Canada), Sebastien Morasse (Quebec, Canada), Sophie Guay (Beaumont, Canada) and Sebastien Simard (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed include compositions, kits and methods for nucleic acid-based detection and identification of vaginal disorders, for example, vulvovaginal candidiasis, trichomoniasis and/or bacterial vaginosis. Th...