US Patent Issued to PHARMACOSMOS HOLDING on June 23 for "Cryoprotecting agent, cryoprotecting and cryopreserved compositions, uses thereof, and methods of cryopreservation" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,812, issued on June 23, was assigned to PHARMACOSMOS HOLDING A/S (Holbaek, Denmark).

"Cryoprotecting agent, cryoprotecting and cryopreserved compositions, uses thereof, and methods of cryopreservation" was invented by Hans Berg Andreasen (Holbaek, Denmark), Lars Christensen (Holbaek, Denmark), Kim Nordfjeld (Holbaek, Denmark), Jeppe Skytte (Holbaek, Denmark), Christian Clausen (Fredensborg, Denmark) and Bjorn Holst (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cryoprotecting agent comprising a cryoprotectant being one or more of: dextrin, dextran, isomaltooligosaccharide and derivatives thereof...