KNOXVILLE, TN, April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Provectus (OTCQB: PVCT) today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has allowed US patent application 16/688,319, “Composition and Method for Treating Hematologic Cancers,” covering the use of PV-10, a formulation of Provectus’ immunogenic-small molecule and pharmaceutical-grade rose bengal sodium (RBS), for the treatment of hematologic diseases. In vivo data of mice with acute lymphoblastic leukemia receiving oral PV-10 showed increased survival compared to controls.1
This allowed patent application will be the first Provectus patent award in hematology from the USPTO. Innovate Calgary, the innovation company of the University of Calgary, is a co-assignee and Aru Narendran, MD, PhD of the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine is a co-inventor on the allowed patent application.
About Provectus
Provectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Provectus or the Company) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing immunotherapy medicines for different disease areas based on a class of small molecules called halogenated xanthenes (HXs). The Company’s lead molecule is RBS. A second HX molecule has been synthesized.
Provectus’ drug discovery and development programs include investigational drugs and drug targets in oncology (clinical-stage), dermatology (clinical-stage), hematology, virology, microbiology, ophthalmology (clinical-stage), and animal health, and use multiple routes of administration, such as intralesional (IL), topical (.top), oral (P.O.), inhaled (.inh), intranasal (IN), and intravenous (IV).
Information about the Company’s clinical trials can be found at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) registry, www.clinicaltrials.gov. For additional information about Provectus, please visit the Company's website at www.provectusbio.com.
Reference
1 “Provectus Biopharmaceuticals Provides Update on Research into Oral Administration of PV-10® Immunotherapy for Treatments of Hematology, Oncology, and Virology.” Provectus, 04 Oct. 2021, https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/10/04/2307984/0/en/Provectus-Biopharmaceuticals-Provides-Update-on-Research-into-Oral-Administration-of-PV-10-Immunotherapy-for-Treatments-of-Hematology-Oncology-and-Virology.html. Press release.
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Risks, uncertainties, and assumptions include those discussed in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including those described in Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
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Provectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
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