RE: "Secret patent"1 Dec 2022 20:37
Ithink you will find the secrest patent was for the formulation of a compound
'Cambridge, UK, 11 April 2022 – Sareum Holdings plc (AIM: SAR), the specialist drug development company, announces that, further to its announcement on 15 December 2021, the European Patent Office has now issued a formal notification of grant for a patent in respect of an invention associated with Sareum’s proprietary SDC-1802 TYK2/JAK1 inhibitor programme. The patent will come into effect on 4 May 2022.
The patent (EPO Patent no. EP3528806) will protect the SDC-1802 molecule and pharmaceutical preparations thereof as a therapeutic to treat T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL – a cancer of a particular type of white blood cell called a T lymphocyte) and other cancers that are dependent on TYK2 kinase for survival. This programme is in preclinical development.
Sareum’s CSO, Dr John Reader, commented:
“This newly issued European patent for SDC-1802 expands our already broad and robust patent portfolio covering both our novel TYK2/JAK1 inhibitor candidates and further supports their commercial potential as new treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer. Building a strong intellectual property portfolio around our TYK2/JAK1 assets is a core strategic focus for Sareum that we believe is creating important value for our shareholders.”
It is not the molecules as such that are protected but the preparation of. Effectively you would not be able to create a generic drug of the same calibre as the preparation of is now patented. Crytallisation of a compound also comes into play here. Both 1801 and 1802 are protected.
'The invention provides crystalline forms of a compound having the formula (I) along with methods of making the crystalline forms and pharmaceutical formulations comprising the crystalline forms.'
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