WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endocyte Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company working to develop targeted therapy products to treat cancer and inflammatory diseases, announced today that the company has been awarded a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office covering folate-targeted radiopharmaceutical imaging agents. The patent, entitled “Vitamin-Targeted Imaging Agents” (U.S. Patent Number 7,128,893), covers imaging agents including Endocyte’s EC20 (99mTc-EC20) agent.
