ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,230, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TAKEDA VACCINES INC. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Compositions and methods for stabilizing flaviviruses with improved formulations" was invented by Jill Ann Livengood (Fort Collins, Colo.), Linda Marie Strange (Framingham, Mass.) and Steven Michael Erb (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein relate to compositions and methods for stabilizing Flaviviruses. In certain embodiments, compositions and methods disclosed herein concern stabilizing live, attenuated or unattenuated (e.g. live whole) flaviviruses. Other embodiments relate to compositions and methods for reducing d...