Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Viralytics received Notice of Allowance on Core Technology

May 20, 2008-Viralytics Limited (VLA) is pleased to advise that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the European Patent Office for its patent application covering the use of its family of 4 Coxsackie viruses for the treatment of all cancers bearing expression of the ICAM-1 molecule.

A Notice of Allowance is formal advice (publicly available) that the European Patent Office intends to issue a patent, which is expected to be granted in the next six months.

The granted European patent will provide Viralytics protection over the exclusive use in Europe of our family of Coxsackie A group viruses in the treatment of ICAM-1 bearing cancers until 2020.

The details can be read here.

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