JERUSALEM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioLineRx (NASDAQ: BLRX) (TASE: BLRX), a biopharmaceutical development company, announced today that an Issue Notification has been received from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granting 1,787 days of Patent Term Adjustment for the patent claiming the composition of BCM (BL-1040), a novel medical device for prevention of cardiac remodeling following an acute myocardial infarction. Accordingly, the term of this patent will now extend through at least the end of April 2029, which is almost three years longer than previously reported by the Company. Additional patents claiming the BL-1040 composition and its use for the treatment of ventricular remodeling and congestive heart failure due to acute myocardial infarction are granted or pending in Europe, Japan, Canada, Korea, Mexico, Israel, India, China and Australia.
