EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Friday October 18, 2013, 8 a.m. Eastern Time
Philadelphia, PA, October 17, 2013 — Longevity Biotech, Inc. today announced that its licensor, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), has received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a new patent covering the company’s Hybridtide® peptide stabilization platform technology. Upon issuance, the new patent will provide Longevity Biotech, Inc., its exclusive licensee, with intellectual property protection that covers platform compositions that create robust protease resistance. Protease stability is a key challenge facing traditional biologic drugs, which are often rendered inactive in a matter of minutes. The Hybridtide® platform retains biological and therapeutic activity while conferring significant protection from a variety of biologically relevant proteases. Protease susceptibility has also been a primary hurdle in the oral delivery of peptide therapeutics. Longevity is currently investigating the ability to deliver Hybridtide® based orally delivered peptide therapeutics.
“The ability to reduce protease susceptibility for biologic drugs without encumbering critical surface interactions is a tremendous advantage from a number of perspectives.” said Scott Shandler, PhD, president of Longevity Biotech, Inc. “We believe that this newly issued U.S. patent reinforces our already substantial patent portfolio covering the Hybridtide® platform as well as specific applications across multiple therapeutic areas currently in preclinical development (Diabetes, Cardiovascular, Oncology, Antiviral and Neurological).” The patent is expected to issue in the next two months.
ABOUT LONGEVITY BIOTECH, INC
Longevity Biotech, Inc. is a preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing numerous innovative preclinical programs based on the patented Hybridtide® scaffold technology. Specific programs include, Type II Diabetes, Pulmonary Hypertension, Breast Cancer, anti-viral HIV products and most recently Parkinson’s Disease. Each program has a unique set of attributes leading to either first or best in class product profiles in their respective indication.
The Hybridtide® advantage enables longer-acting therapeutic peptides as compared to current state of the art clinically approved therapeutics which currently generate billions of dollars in annual global sales. The Hybridtide® technology is applicable to virtually all peptides and is available for partnership and/or co-development efforts as appropriate. For more information, visit https://www.longevitybiotech.com
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Longevity Biotech, Inc
CONTACT:
Scott Shandler, President & CEO
Longevity Biotech, Inc
Tel: +1 215-689-1042
Email: PR@LongevityBiotech.com
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Biotechnology; Patent; Medicine; Therapeutics; Preclinical Research; Philadelphia; University of Wisconsin – Madison; Diabetes; Cardiovascular Disease; Pulmonary Disease; HIV; Neurological Disorders; Oncology;