US Patent Issued to Shanghai Shengping Medical Equipment, VastPro (Zhejiang) Pharmaceutical, Zhejiang Boxiao Biopharmaceutical on July 21 for "Method for large-scale synthesis of tetrodotoxin" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,685, issued on July 21, was assigned to Shanghai Shengping Medical Equipment Co. Ltd. (Shanghai), VastPro (Zhejiang) Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Shanghai) and Zhejiang Boxiao Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Zhejiang, China).

"Method for large-scale synthesis of tetrodotoxin" was invented by Guangyin Wang (Shanghai), Xiaoming Li (Shanghai), Chengxi Wang (Shanghai), Ping Huang (Shanghai), Hua Bai (Shanghai), Liang Lai (Shanghai), Peng Guo (Shanghai), Biao Jiang (Shanghai) and Wenfeng Zhu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for biological and chemical synthesis of tetrodotoxin, specifically comprisi...