MediciNova and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a pending patent application which covers MN-166, or ibudilast. for the prevention of metastasis in various cancers including pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, melanoma, and ovarian cancer. Once issued, this patent is expected to expire no earlier than July 2042. The allowed claims cover the use of MN-166 in combination with one or more additional therapies including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, photodynamic therapy, epigenetic therapy, and liver-directed therapy and others.
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