BROOMFIELD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ARCA biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq:ABIO), a biopharmaceutical company developing genetically targeted therapies for cardiovascular diseases, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a patent on methods for determining whether to administer or prescribe bucindolol to a patient based on whether the patient has a specific genotype – homozygous for the arginine 389 polymorphism in the beta-1 adrenergic receptor. The patent (USP# 8,093,286) entitled “Methods for Treatment with Bucindolol Based on Genetic Targeting,” provides intellectual property protection in the United States for this novel approach to treating patients with bucindolol.
