Diamyd Medical patent for intralymphatic injection of GAD in autoimmune diabetes to be granted in China
The patent that will be granted by the Chinese Patent Office is valid until 2035. The patent primarily protects the administration method of Diamyd[®] (GAD/alum) which has shown positive results in the Phase I/II and Phase IIb trials DIAGNODE-1 and DIAGNODE-2 and will be evaluated in the Phase III trial DIAGNODE-3.Patents for intralymphatic administration of GAD to treat and prevent autoimmune diabetes including type 1 diabetes and Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) have already been approved in Europe, Japan, Russia, Australia and Israel, with additional countries pending.