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Avenue Therapeutics Receives Notices of Allowance for Patent Applications Covering Methods of Administration for Intravenous Tramadol
March 28, 2018New York, NY – March 28, 2018 – Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATXI) (“Avenue”), a company focused on the development and commercialization of intravenous (IV) tramadol, today announced receipt of Notices of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for two patent applications covering methods of administration for its lead product candidate IV tramadol.
The first patent application is a continuation of issued U.S. patent 8,895,622, titled “Intravenous Administration of Tramadol.” The patent to be issued from the allowed application (U.S. Application No. 15/407,133) carries a patent term to at least 2032. The second patent application is a continuation of issued U.S. patent 9,693,949, titled “Intravenous Administration of Tramadol.” The patent to be issued from the allowed application (U.S. Application No. 15/612,665) carries a patent term to at least 2036.
Also, the USPTO has indicated that a Notice of Allowance is being issued for U.S. Application No. 15/622,910 (a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent 9,693,949). All patents to be issued from these allowed applications contain claims directed to Avenue’s proposed administration of IV tramadol. Issuance of these patents is expected in the second quarter of 2018.
“The allowance of these patents further expands our patent portfolio and strengthens the protection of the methods of administration for IV tramadol in postoperative pain,” said Lucy Lu, M.D., Avenue’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are pleased that the USPTO has allowed these applications during this important stage in IV tramadol’s pivotal development program, as we look forward to reporting topline data from our Phase 3 trial in patients following bunionectomy surgery in the second quarter of 2018, and to initiating a Phase 3 trial in patients following abdominoplasty surgery in the third quarter.”
These patent applications fall under Avenue’s licensing agreement with Revogenex Ireland Ltd.
