Allowed patent application claims methods for generating radioimmunoconjugates linked to Actinium-225
Patent expected to expire in July 2030
NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT:ATNM) ("Actinium" or "the Company"), a biopharmaceutical Company developing innovative targeted payload immunotherapeutics for the treatment of advanced cancers, announced today that the Company received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a patent claiming the methods for generating a radioimmunoconjugate comprised of actinium-225, an alpha emitting radioisotope, conjugated to monoclonal antibodies. Actinium-225 is the radioisotope used in Actinium’s Actimab-A, a drug candidate in a Phase 2 clinical trial for patients newly diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are over the age of 60; Actimab-M, a drug candidate in a Phase 1 trial for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (MM); and the Company’s alpha particle immunotherapy technology platform. Actinium currently has 61 issued and pending patents that are owned or licensed relating to isotope production methods, drug preparation methods and the Company’s platform technology. This patent is expected to expire in July of 2030.
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