ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,254, issued on May 26, was assigned to SUN PHARMA ADVANCED RESEARCH COMPANY Ltd. (Mumbai, India).

"Stabilization of phenobarbital sodium for injection" was invented by Malay Shah (Vadodara, India), Bhushan Borole (Jalgaon, India), Ravi Patel (Anand, India) and Ajay Jaysingh Khopade (Vadodara, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lyophilized pharmaceutical composition of hydrolytically unstable pharmaceutical compounds, such as phenobarbital or salts thereof, is provided. An aqueous solution for injection of phenobarbital or salts thereof that is reconstituted from the lyophilized pharmaceutical composition is provided. The pharmaceu...