CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zalicus Inc. (NASDAQ: ZLCS) announced today that it has been granted a composition-of-matter patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office covering its product candidate Synavive™. United States patent number 7,915,265 entitled “Combinations for the Treatment of Immunoinflammatory Disorders” provides broad coverage for Synavive™ through August 2025. This key patent, along with the existing issued method-of-use patent (US patent 7,253,155), fortifies the Synavive patent estate, which includes several patents and patent applications, granted and pending worldwide which collectively provide coverage of Synavive™ through at least 2028.
