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PDS Biotech Strengthens Intellectual Property Portfolio Governing A Combination of Versamune® and PDS0301
Composition of matter and use patent for Versamune® in combination with PDS0301 allowed in CanadaPDS Biotech’s proprietary combination of Versamune® based
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[{"type":"text","content":"Composition of matter and use patent for Versamune® in combination with PDS0301 allowed in CanadaPDS Biotech’s proprietary combination of Versamune® based PDS0101 and PDS0301 with an immune checkpoint inhibitor resulted in 21 months median overall survival in advanced HPV-positive cancer patients who had failed all prior treatments including immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy FLORHAM PARK, N.J., July 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PDS Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq: PDSB), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing a growing pipeline of targeted immunotherapies for cancer and infectious disease, today announced the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has allowed patent number 2,876,656 titled, “Cationic Lipid Vaccine Combinations and Methods of Use,” governing composition of matter and uses for Versamune® (R-DOTAP) in combination with PDS0301. The intellectual property provides broad protection for treatments utilizing Versamune® based therapies, including PDS0101, in combination with PDS0301 as a potential treatment for cancer. This patent expands PDS Biotech’s market coverage and adds to the world-wide patent portfolio including the patent granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), U.S. Patent No. 11,401,306, covering the combination of Versamune® and cytokines including Interleukin 12 (IL-12). The Canadian patent will protect the capability of the composition of Versamune® and PDS0301 to reduce the population of a well-documented population of cells called myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC) that enable the cancer to escape attack by T cells. The composition, when administered with a tumor antigen, enhances the Versamune® induced anti-tumor response. Suppression of anti-tumor immune responses is a major mechanism by which tumor cells escape attack by T cells. MDSCs are reported to be the key immunosuppressive cells present in the tumor that protect the cancer’s ability to grow and are a major obstacle to effective cancer immunotherapy. “This newly allowed patent adds to the intellectual property governing Versamune® based therapies in combination with PDS0301, which we believe represent a potentially transformative treatment approach for advanced cancer patients,” said Dr. Frank Bedu-Addo, CEO of PDS Biotech. “Possessing multilayered IP for our immunotherapies is an important value driver...