Trius Therapeutics Announces Issuance of Tedizolid Patent in China

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trius Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSRX) announced today the issuance of Patent # 908206 by the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (PRC) that protects the composition of matter of the Company's Phase 3 investigational drug, tedizolid phosphate, through 2024. In addition to the issuance in China, patents for tedizolid phosphate have also issued in other jurisdictions including Australia, Canada, Europe, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia and the United States.