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Nastech Receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Related to Methods for Identifying Cell-Specific Targeting Peptides
January 25th, 2008
Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTK) announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for U.S. patent application No. 10/976,942, entitled "Phage Displayed Trp Cage Ligands." The patent application has claims that relate to a novel, high-throughput method for identifying peptides which can bind to specific cell types. "A major obstacle in the development of safe and effective medicines today is the inability to target the therapeutic directly to the cells of interest," stated Steven C. Quay, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman and CEO of Nastech. "The technology of this allowed patent provides Nastech with a process for rapidly...
Source: Medical Patent Business Week (2008-01-25)
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