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EKR Therapeutics, Inc.

EKR Therapeutics Receives Two Additional Patents for Ready-to-Use Cardene(R) I.V. Bags, Providing Substantial Intellectual Property Protection Through 2027

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, March 4th, 2010

EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on commercializing acute-care hospital products, announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued two new patents covering methods of treatment and methods of preparation for the Company's Ready-to-Use (RTU) Cardene® I.V. (nicardipine hydrochloride) Premixed Injection.

Previously, EKR was granted patent protection covering pharmaceutical formulations of its RTU Cardene I.V. bags, a specialty product line currently marketed in four different preparations for treating acute hypertension in emergency and critical-care settings. All three patents - formulation, method of treatment, and...

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