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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 22, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMED), a clinical-stage company developing novel therapeutics that target cancer stem cells (CSCs), or tumor-initiating cells, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 8,507,442 to OncoMed for methods of treating cancer with its antibody vantictumab (OMP-18R5). Vantictumab targets and inhibits the Wnt pathway, which is believed to be an important CSC pathway. The patent expires in 2029.
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