European Patent Office intends to grant BioInvent patent relevant to its F.I.R.S.T.™ platform
Lund, Sweden – 17 January 2018 – BioInvent International AB (OMXS: BINV) announces today that the European Patent Office, EPO, has communicated its intention to grant the company a patent relevant to its unique, function-based F.I.R.S.T.™ platform. More precisely, the patent builds on earlier F.I.R.S.T.™ patents, extending protection to combined use of differential biopanning and high throughput sequencing, such as NGS in identification of antibodies to low expressed cell surface antigens. The European patent should be granted by the EPO once all remaining administrative actions have been completed by BioInvent.
A corresponding patent was recently granted in Australia, and a patent as previously also been granted in Russia. The company has similar patent applications pending in further countries.
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About BioInvent
BioInvent International AB (OMXS: BINV) is focused on the discovery and development of novel and first-in-class immuno-regulatory antibodies to treat cancer. The Company’s clinical programmes are BI-1206, currently in a Phase I/II for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and chronic lymphatic leukaemia and TB-403, in cooperation with Oncurious, currently in Phase I/II for medulloblastoma. BioInvent has an exciting pre-clinical portfolio based on novel immuno-modulatory antibodies that target regulatory T cells (T-regs) and tumour-associated myeloid cells. In December 2016, the Company signed a strategic research collaboration with Pfizer Inc. BioInvent also works with leading academic institutions including the University of Southampton, Cancer Research UK, and Penn Medicine. BioInvent generates revenues from global partnerships, including Bayer Pharma, Daiichi Sankyo, and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma and from its manufacturing facility for the production of antibodies for research through to late- stage clinical trials. More information is available at www.bioinvent.se
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