ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,403, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to NOBELPHARMA Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and YUTOKU PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES Co. LTD. (Kashima, Japan).

"Scopolamine compositions and transdermal patches made therefrom" was invented by Takayuki Ogawa (Kashima, Japan), Kenta Nishimura (Kashima, Japan), Hiroaki Ueno (Kashima, Japan) and Yuhei Tani (Kashima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medicinal composition containing a scopolamine salt and/or a hydrate thereof, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and a base. The medicinal composition is excellent in terms of absorption of the drug into the living body and chemical stability thereof."

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