REGENSBURG, GERMANY--(Marketwire - February 05, 2009) -
- GENEART receives European Patent "Kernexportreportersystem"
("Nucleus Export Reporter System")
- System for screening of antiviral therapeutics is based on
customized synthetic genes
- Development emphasizes innovative potential of synthetic genes for
pharmaceutical research
GENEART AG, global leader in gene synthesis and specialist in the field of Synthetic Biology, informs of being awarded patent EP 1 356 111 "Kernexportreportersystem" ("Nucleus Export Reporter System") by the European patent office. The patent describes a new screening system based on synthesized virus-like reporter genes with which a new class of antiviral drug candidates may be identified. Thus allowing to analyze by high-throughput processes to which extent such drug candidates block the export of viral messenger RNA from the cell nucleus and therefore suppress virus propagation. Additionally, this process may be used for identification of DNA motives positively affecting production rates of cell factories and therefore production costs of proteins. The patent covers Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Liechtenstein, France, the United Kingdom, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, Italy and Germany. The German patent of this family of patents had been granted as early as 2008. An application for a comparable protection for North America has been filed under the international patent process.
"With being granted the European patent, we did not only protect a process with which new antiviral active agents can be identified based on optimized genes, now we also have another proprietary technology available, beside our gene optimizing software GeneOptimizer®, to systematically improve production efficiency of protein-based therapeutics and vaccines. This emphasizes again our exceptional position as development partner for the pharmaceutical industry as well as the innovative potential of synthetic genes for research", explained Prof. Dr. Ralf Wagner, CEO of GENEART AG.
For further inquiries, please contact: Bernd Merkl GENEART AG Josef-Engert-Str. 11 93053 Regensburg Germany Phone: +49-(0)941-942 76-638 Fax: +49-(0)941-942 76-711 ir@geneart.com www.geneart.com Frank Ostermair Better Orange IR & HV AG Haidelweg 48 81241 Munich Germany Phone: +49-(0)89-8896906-10 Fax: +49-(0)89-8896906-66 info@better-orange.de www.better-orange.de
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About GENEART AG:
In 2000, GENEART entered the gene synthesis market and has since become the global market leader. Today, the company is one of the leading specialists in the Synthetic Biology field. Experts at GENEART provide key technologies for the development and production of new therapeutics and vaccines. Customers also take advantage of GENEART services to customize enzyme attributes, such as the attributes of enzymes used as detergent additives, and to construct bacteria, which produce complex biopolymers or break down polymers, such as synthetics, petroleum components, etc. Our production and service spectrum spans a wide range, from the production of synthetic genes according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000, to the creation of gene libraries in the combinatorial biology, to the development and production of DNA-based biologically active substances. GENEART AG in Regensburg (Germany) and the subsidiaries GENEART Inc. in Toronto (Canada) and GENEART Inc. in San Francisco (USA) employ more than 190 people. GENEART is listed on the German Stock Exchange.
GENEART receives European Patent for Screening Process for Antiviral Therapeutics: http://hugin.info/136633/R/1287486/289175.pdf
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