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Abeona Therapeutics Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for AIM™ Capsids
NEW YORK and CLEVELAND, Jan. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO), a fully-integrated leader in gene and cell therapy, today
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[{"type":"text","content":"NEW YORK and CLEVELAND, Jan. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO), a fully-integrated leader in gene and cell therapy, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a patent covering next-generation adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids generated using the University of North Carolina’s (UNC) AIM™ vector platform and that the USPTO allowed the claims of a companion patent application, which will issue in the next several weeks. Both patents are exclusively licensed by the Company from UNC.\n “The issuance of these patents strengthens intellectual property around our library of AIM™ capsids that have shown potential to improve tropism profiles for a variety of devastating diseases,” said João Siffert, M.D., Chief Executive Officer. “It is also a step forward in the development of next-generation AAV technology that could make re-treatment with gene therapy possible for patients who have been previously treated using certain AAV-based vectors.” On January 14, 2020, the USPTO issued UNC’s U.S. Patent No. 10,532,110, entitled “AAV Vectors Targeted to the Central Nervous System.” The patent provides protection for methods of delivering Abeona’s AAV204-based gene therapy vectors to the central nervous system until November 2036. On January 2, 2020, the USPTO allowed the claims of a companion UNC patent application covering Abeona’s AAV204-based gene therapy vector compositions. A patent is expected to be issued for the application in the next several weeks, with an expected expiration date in November 2035. Abeona continues to develop the AIM™ capsid library and to generate improved vectors for use in gene therapies. AIM™ capsids use AAV biology to selectively target delivery of genetic payloads to the central nervous system (including the retina), lungs, eye, muscle, liver and other tissues with potentially improved tropism profiles key to enable treatment of a variety of devastating diseases. AIM™ vectors are non-virus-producing and have shown the potential to evade the immune response generated by exposure to naturally-occurring AAV vectors. The Company’s AIM™ library contains more than 100 capsids with tissue tropisms selected for their potential to target a wide range of organs and multiple routes of delivery. About Abeona Therapeutics Abeona Therapeutics Inc. is ...