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Cytogen receives patent covering oral drug delivery agents

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, December 28th, 2006

Cytogen Corporation (CYTO) announced that it has been issued United States patent number 7,135,457 covering its oral drug delivery agents - random peptide compositions that bind to gastro-intestinal tract (GIT) transport receptors.

The patent specifically covers compositions of Cytogen's oral delivery agents that are capable of facilitating transport of an active agent through a human or animal gastro-intestinal tract (GIT), and derivatives and analogs thereof, and nucleotide sequences coding for said proteins and derivatives. The oral delivery agents have use in facilitating transport of active agents from the lumenal side of the GIT into the systemic blood system,...

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