Cantargia’s European patents for both leukemia and solid tumours remain valid after appeal period ends
Cantargia AB (“Cantargia”) today announces that the company’s European patents covering antibody treatment of leukemia as well as solid tumours will remain in force based on the European Patent Office (“EPO”) communication that no appeals have been received during the formal appeal period.During 2016, a third party filed oppositions to Cantargia’s European patents EP 2467403 B1 as well as EP 2665749 B1, which covers anti-IL1RAP antibody based treatment of leukemia and solid tumours (e.g. breast cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer and malignant melanoma) respectively. In January 2018,