CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: EBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing protein therapeutics to treat diseases of the eye, today announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 8,853,150 entitled “Chimeric Il-1 Receptor Type I Agonists and Antagonists.” This patent covers the composition-of-matter of Eleven’s lead product candidate, EBI-005, a topically-administered interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor blocker, certain other compositions that are IL-1 receptor antagonists, and related methods for treating ocular surface inflammatory diseases, such as dry eye disease and allergic conjunctivitis. Designed, engineered and generated using Eleven’s AMP-Rx platform, EBI-005 is being developed as a topical protein therapeutic for ocular diseases. Eleven recently reported top-line results of a Phase 2 study of EBI-005 in patients with moderate to severe allergic conjunctivitis and is currently evaluating EBI-005 in a pivotal Phase 3 clinical study in patients with dry eye disease, with top-line data expected in early 2015.
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