SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - September 16, 2008) - Aegis Therapeutics LLC announced today that it has been awarded U.S. Patent 7,425,542, titled “Stabilizing alkylglycoside compositions and methods thereof.” The patent provides broad protection for stabilized human growth hormone (hGH) formulations. Human growth hormone is a recombinant protein drug used in the treatment of pediatric and adult patients who have inadequate secretion of normal endogenous growth hormone. hGH is one of the first biopharmaceuticals to be developed and has achieved worldwide sales in excess of $ 2 billion annually.
