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Aegera Therapeutics, Inc.

Biotech company adds six patents to apoptosis patent estate

Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, October 29th, 2004

Aegera Therapeutics, Inc., reported issuance of six additional patents on and around the Inhibitors of Apoptosis (IAP) gene family.

Aegera now has a total of 19 issued U.S. patents and one issued European patent covering five of the eight known IAPs. Aegera's IAP patent portfolio is based on the discoveries of two of their scientific founders, Robert Korneluk and Alex MacKenzie. With a priority date going back to August of 1995, Aegera has firmly established themselves as a key player in the development of apoptosis-related therapeutics.

The mechanisms by which cells execute apoptosis, or natural cell death, involve the irreversible activation of key...

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