ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,447, issued on April 21, was assigned to ITM Solucin GmbH (Garching bei Munchen, Germany).

"Stable formulations for radionuclide complexes" was invented by Sebastian Marx (Dachau, Germany), Oliver Leib (Ismaning, Germany), Luke Heames (UnterschleiBheim, Germany) and Elena Maria Andreolli (Pavia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a radiolabeled complex comprising a radionuclide and a targeting molecule linked to a chelating agent; and a stabilizer against radiolytic degradation comprising ascorbic acid and/or a salt thereof; wherein the composition does not com...