BROOMFIELD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ARCA biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABIO), a biopharmaceutical company developing genetically-targeted therapies for heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases, today announced that the European Patent Office has issued a patent on methods of treating heart failure patients with bucindolol based on genetic targeting. The patent (European Patent Number 1802775) entitled “Methods for Treatment with Bucindolol Based on Genetic Targeting,” provides protection for this novel approach to treating patients with heart failure in France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland/Liechtenstein, Great Britain, Ireland, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain, Italy and Sweden. ARCA had previously announced receipt of the European Patent Office Communication under Rule 71(3) EPC notice of intent to grant a European patent for this patent application.
