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    ORYZON Receives “Intention to Grant” Communication for Patent Relating to the Use of Vafidemstat in Borderline Personality Disorder

    From the European Patent Office

    MADRID and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oryzon Genomics, S.A. (ISIN Code: ES0167733015, ORY), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging epigenetics to develop therapies in diseases with strong unmet medical need, announced today that the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued an “intention to grant” communication for Oryzon’s European patent application EP20712565.9 entitled “Methods of treating borderline personality disorder” related to vafidemstat, Oryzon’s LSD1 inhibitor in clinical development for the treatment of psychiatric disorders like borderline personality disorder (BPD) and schizophrenia.

    The intention to grant is a formal communication from the EPO in which it indicates that the patent application has reached the status where it is allowed for issuance as a patent. This European patent, once granted, will not expire until at least 2040, excluding any potential patent term extensions that may provide additional protection. Decision to grant communications have also recently been received in corresponding patent applications in Japan and Mexico, and patent applications are pending in other relevant markets.

    “We are delighted to have received this decision to grant from the EPO. This European patent application further strengthens the company’s patent portfolio for vafidemstat in CNS, and together with our European patent application allowed earlier this year covering the use of vafidemstat for the treatment of aggression and social withdrawal, will significantly prolong vafidemstat’s commercial life in Europe,” said Neus Virgili, Oryzon’s Chief IP Officer.

    About Oryzon 
    Founded in 2000 in Barcelona, Spain, Oryzon (ISIN Code: ES0167733015) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company and the European leader in epigenetics, with a strong focus on personalized medicine in CNS disorders and oncology. Oryzon’s team is composed of highly qualified professionals from the pharma industry located in Barcelona, Boston, and San Diego. Oryzon has an advanced clinical portfolio with two LSD1 inhibitors, vafidemstat in CNS and iadademstat in oncology, in several Phase II clinical trials. The company has other pipeline assets directed against other epigenetic targets like HDAC-6 where a clinical candidate ORY-4001, has been nominated for its possible development in CMT and ALS. In addition, Oryzon has a strong platform for biomarker identification and target validation for a variety of malignant and neurological diseases. For more information, visit www.oryzon.com

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    ORYZON Receives “Intention to Grant” Communication for Patent Relating to the Use of Vafidemstat in Borderline Personality Disorder From the European Patent OfficeMADRID and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Oryzon Genomics, S.A. (ISIN Code: ES0167733015, ORY), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging epigenetics to develop therapies in diseases …