Suven Life secures two product patents from Japan
Moneylife Digital Team 16 June 2010

Hyderabad-based biopharmaceutical company Suven Life Sciences Ltd said it secured two product patents from Japanese Patent Office (JPO) for its new chemical entities (NCE's) which is for the treatment of disorders associated with neurodegenerative diseases. The patents are valid till 2022. With these a total of three Japanese product patents are granted to Suven, the company said in a statement to the exchanges.

According to the invention patent disclosure, the compounds 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. These granted patents are exclusive intellectual property of Suven and are achieved through the internal drug discovery research efforts. Products out of these inventions may be out-licensed at the stage of clinical phase-I or phase-II, it added.

On Wednesday, Suven shares ended 4.9% higher at Rs29 on the Bombay Stock Exchange, while the benchmark Sensex closed at 0.3% up at 17,462 points.
 

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