ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,023, issued on May 12, was assigned to Sanofi (Paris).

"Drug delivery device and method to modify a drug delivery device" was invented by David Aubrey Plumptre (Warwick, Great Britain), Robert Veasey (Warwick, Great Britain), Paul Griffin (Warwick, Great Britain), Rory James Livingston Hawkins (Warwick, Great Britain) and Tom Alexander Earwaker (Warwick, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug delivery device is proposed, the drug delivery device comprising: a housing; a drive mechanism; a cartridge containing a drug, the cartridge being retained in a defined position relative to the housing, wherein the drive mechanism is...