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Suven Life Sciences secures 2 product patents from Japan & US

Our Bureau, MumbaiFriday, June 28, 2013, 14:30 Hrs  [IST]

Suven Life Sciences has received two product patents, one each from Japan (5139512) and USA (8318725) corresponding to the New Chemical Entities (NCEs) for the treatment of disorders associated with neurodegenerative diseases. These patents are valid through 2028 & 2029.

The granted claims of the patents include the class of selective 5-HT compounds discovered by Suven and are being developed as therapeutic agents and are useful in the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease, attention deficient hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Huntington’s disease, Parkinson and schizophrenia.

With these new patents, Suven has a total of six granted patents from Japan and, 12 granted product patents from USA. These granted patents are exclusive intellectual property of Suven and are achieved through the internal discovery research efforts. Products out of these inventions may be out-licensed at various phases of clinical development like at phase-I or phase-II.

"We are very pleased by the grant of these patents to Suven for our pipeline of molecules in CNS arena that are being developed for cognitive disorders with high unmet medical need with huge market potential globally,” says Venkat Jasti, CEO of Suven.

Suven Life Science is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel pharmaceutical products, which are first in class or best in class CNS therapies through the use of GPCR targets.

 
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