Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for Sialylation Technology

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 25, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:MNTA), a biotechnology company specializing in the characterization and engineering of complex drugs, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 8,470,318, entitled “Polypeptides With Enhanced Anti-inflammatory and Decreased Cytotoxic Properties and Related Methods,” to The Rockefeller University. Momenta is the exclusive licensee of the patent. The patent claims methods of inhibiting inflammation using intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)-derived, sialylated Fc regions and expires in 2028.

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