TEL-AVIV, Israel, June 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (Nasdaq:RDHL) (TASE:RDHL) (the "Company" or "RedHill"), an emerging Israeli biopharmaceutical company focused primarily on the development and acquisition of late clinical-stage proprietary drugs for the treatment of inflammatory and gastrointestinal diseases and related conditions, including cancer, today reported that the Japan Patent Office (JPO) has issued a Decision to Grant a Patent for a new patent covering RHB-104 in Japan. The patent is expected to be issued during 2014 and will have a 2029 expiry date. RHB-104 is a proprietary antibiotic combination oral capsule formulation for the treatment of Crohn's disease, currently undergoing a Phase III study in the U.S., Canada and Israel (the MAP US study).
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