Johns Hopkins University Patents: we have worked in concert with Mayne Pharma to sublicense rights to the following two Johns Hopkins University (JHU) patents for the use of itraconazole as a treatment for cancer as a Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitor and as an Angiogenesis Inhibitor:
Johns Hopkins University U.S. Patent 8,653,083
Hedgehog Pathway Antagonists to Treat Disease
Issued:02-18-2014; Expires:04-09-2028
Johns Hopkins University U.S. Patent 8,980,930
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Issued:03-17-2015; Expires:02-04-2029
Mayne Pharma Intellectual Property Licensed to Inhibitor Therapeutics:Four issued patents have been licensed to us by Mayne Pharma concerning the manufacturing and composition of matter for SUBA-Itraconazole, for which we are implementing clinical and regulatory programs to enable the repurposing of itraconazole to treat cancer. This strategy is intended to significantly reduce the risk and time to potential FDA approvals for marketing in the United States as evidenced via the clearance by FDA for us to proceed directly into a Phase 2b human trial which we commenced in August 2015 and agreement by FDA that, based upon the results demonstrated in the Phase 2b trial, we could follow the 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway. The patents that are licensed to us by Mayne Pharma are as follows:
Mayne Pharma U.S. Patent 6,881,745
Pharmaceutical Compositions for Poorly Soluble Drugs
Issued:04-19-2005; Expires:12-22-2020
Mayne Pharma U.S. Patent 8,771,739
Pharmaceutical Compositions for Poorly Soluble Drugs
Issued:07-08-2014; Expires:12-16-2022
Mayne Pharma U.S. Patent 8,921,374
Itraconazole Compositions and Dosage Forms and Methods Using Same
Issued:12-30-2014; Expires:06-21-2033
Mayne Pharma U.S. Patent 9,272,046
Itraconazole Compositions and Dosage Forms and Methods Using Same
Issued:03-01-2016; Expires:06-21-2033
Inhibitor Therapeutics Intellectual Property:
We were issued a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (or USPTO) on November 24, 2015—U.S. Patent 9,129,609,Treatment and Prognostic Monitoring of Proliferation Disorders Using Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitors,expires02-05-2034. On May 8, 2018, we were issued a patent by the USPTO for U.S. Patent 9,962,381,Treatment and Prognostic Monitoring of Cancerous Proliferation Disorders Using Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitors,expires02-05-2034; and on May 15, 2018, we were issued a patent by the USPTO for U.S. Patent 9,968,600,Treatment and Prognostic Monitoring ofNon-Cancerous Proliferation Disorders Using Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitors, expires02-05-2034. On June 25, 2019, we were issued a patent by the USPTO for U.S. Patent 10,328,072,Treatment of Lung Cancer Using Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitors, expires02-05-34.On July 30, 2019, we were issued a patent by the USPTO for U.S. Patent 10,363,252, Treatment of Prostate Cancer Using Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitors, expires02-05-34.
In addition, as described above, we have an option to be the exclusive licensee of certain chemical analogues of itraconazole owned by UConn.
We also plan to continue to expand our intellectual property estate and are filing additional patent applications directed to dosage forms, methods of treatment, therapies for other cancers and additional Hedgehog inhibitor compounds and their derivatives. We will also rely on trade secrets and careful monitoring of our proprietary information to protect aspects of our business that are not amenable to, or that we do not consider appropriate for, patent protection.
The Hedgehog Pathway
Based on the results of physician-sponsored studies conducted by others (includingin vitro, animal and human studies), and our direct testing in the Phase 2b trial in patients with BCCNS, we believe that itraconazole affects the Hedgehog signaling pathway in cells, which in turn impacts the development and growth of certain cancers. The studies, conducted at prominent medical institutions, primarily in the United States, were published in theJournal of Thoracic Oncology, The Oncologist and the Journal of Clinical Oncology between May 2013 and February 2014. Based on these studies, as well as our own observations and results in the Phase 2b trial conducted to test SUBA-
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