Provention Bio Receives Notice of Allowance from United States Patent and Trademark Office for Patent on Multi-Strain Coxsackievirus B Vaccine for Preventing or Treating Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)

OLDWICK, N.J., Jan. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Provention Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq:PRVB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing novel therapeutics aimed at intercepting and preventing immune-mediated diseases, announced today that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its patent application titled, “Multi-CBV Vaccine for Preventing or Treating Type 1 Diabetes.” The patent application covers methods of use involving the development of a coxsackievirus B (CVB) vaccine for the prevention and/or treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Provention Bio is developing PRV-101 as a vaccine for acute coxsackie virus infection and potentially as the first-ever vaccine designed to prevent T1D. Epidemiological and experimental studies indicate that approximately half of all T1D cases could be triggered by a CVB infection in early childhood. Based on this research, which was recently the subject of a peer-reviewed paper in Expert Review of Vaccines (Developing a Vaccine for Type 1 Diabetes by Targeting Coxsackievirus B), Provention Bio is developing PRV-101 to reduce the onset of T1D by vaccinating at-risk populations against CVB infection. PRV-101 is currently in an IND-enabling stage prior to initiation of first-in-human studies.

“This Notice of Allowance from the USPTO is a significant advancement in the ongoing development of PRV-101 and emboldens Provention’s vision to develop a vaccine for CVB that could potentially prevent up to 50% of worldwide T1D cases,” said Ashleigh Palmer, Provention Bio’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “As we advance PRV-101 towards the clinic, we will continue to aggressively pursue opportunities to strengthen the intellectual property estate surrounding this technology and the use of a polyvalent CVB vaccine to prevent T1D.”

About Provention Bio, Inc.
Provention Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRVB) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging a transformational drug development strategy that is focused on the prevention or interception of immune-mediated disease. Provention’s mission is to in-license, transform and develop therapeutic candidates targeting the high morbidity, mortality and escalating costs of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases including: type 1 diabetes (T1D), Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease, lupus, and certain life-threatening viral diseases. Provention’s diversified portfolio includes advanced-stage product development candidates that have undergone clinical testing by other companies. For more information on Provention Bio, please visit www.proventionbio.com.

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