ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,561, issued on March 3, was assigned to Sintetica S.A. (Mendrisio, Switzerland).

"Dilute ready to use large volume containers of phenylephrine" was invented by Nicola Caronzolo (Bissone, Switzerland), Elisabetta Donati (Mendrisio, Switzerland) and Clara Bianchi (Torno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ready to use semi-naked dilute solutions of phenylephrine, resistant to oxidative degradation when packaged in transparent or translucent collapsible polypropylene bags and terminally sterilized, without the need for an aluminum over-wrap, oxygen scavengers, oxygen impermeable polypropylene, antioxidants, or chelating agents."

The ...