Poolbeg Pharma plc (LON:POLB, OTCQB:POLBF), a biopharmaceutical company focussed on the development and commercialisation of innovative medicines targeting diseases with a high unmet medical need, has announced that, further to its announcement on 20 March 2024, the Company has received the fully granted patent from the US Patent Office for its Immunomodulator II patent application.
The claims cover a class of drugs (including POLB 001) for treating hypercytokinaemia (cytokine storm) and for preventing hypercytokinaemia in a patient after an immune response has been triggered. This encompasses cytokine storm that is induced in any disease indication. This further strengthens the Company’s robust intellectual property portfolio for POLB 001, thereby enhancing the value and attractiveness of POLB 001 to potential Pharma partners.