South Korea to grant precision medicine patent to Diamyd Medical for insulin antigen treatment in autoimmune diabetes
The South Korean Patent Office will grant a patent protecting the use of insulin-based antigens for the treatment of autoimmune diabetes in patients with the HLA DR4-DQ8 genetic marker. This patent, valid until 2035, marks South Korea as the first country globally to approve these specific claims, reinforcing the growing significance of precision medicine in diabetes care.The approval further advances the foundation established in patients with HLA DR3-DQ2, a genetically distinct subgroup currently being targeted with the GAD-specific immunotherapy Diamyd[®] in the Phase 3 DIAGNODE-3 trial.