Active Biotech strengthens the patent protection for laquinimod in eye disorders
Lund, April 26, 2022, Active Biotech (NASDAQ STOCKHOLM: ACTI) today announced that the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a decision to grant Active Biotechs patent related to use of laquinimod as treatment of eye diseases associated with excessive vascularization.
- Lund, April 26, 2022, Active Biotech (NASDAQ STOCKHOLM: ACTI) today announced that the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a decision to grant Active Biotechs patent related to use of laquinimod as treatment of eye diseases associated with excessive vascularization.
- The patent will be granted on May 11, 2022, under patent number EP 3886858, and provides protection and market exclusivity of laquinimod in this field of use until 2040.
- The patent covers the medical use of laquinimod for treatment of sight-threatening eye disorders such as age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), corneal neovascularization, choroidal neovascularization, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity and ischemic retinopathy.
- The now granted European patent of laquinimod further strengthens the protection of laquinimod in devastating eye disorders with high medical need, said Helen Tuvesson, CEO.