Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Expands its Intellectual Property Around Class of Potent Anti-cancer Isoquinolinamine Compounds
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Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: RNN), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company commercializing potential best in class oncology and CNS therapeutics, today announced that it has significantly expanded its intellectual property (IP) around isoquinolinamine, a class of potent anti-cancer compounds. Rexahn has been issued a continuation patent US 8,314,123for US 8,034,829 to cover more new isoquinolinamine compounds and their pharmaceutical composition and method for producing an anti-tumor effect.
“Our pre-clinical R&D efforts continually demonstrate that isoquinolinamine compounds provide potent anti-tumor activities in several human cancer cell lines, such as breast, prostate, colon, ovary, kidney, pancreas, glioblastoma and melanoma. With this most recent patent, Rexahn is strongly positioned to develop this emerging class of exciting oncology compounds into novel drugs,” said Rick Soni, President of Rexahn.
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Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing first in class and market leading therapeutics for cancer, CNS disorders, sexual dysfunction and other unmet medical needs. Rexahn currently has three drug candidates in Phase II clinical trials, Archexin®, Serdaxin®, and Zoraxel™ – all potential best in class therapeutics – and a robust pipeline of preclinical compounds to treat multiple cancers and CNS disorders. Rexahn also operates key R&D programs of nano-medicines, 3D-GOLD, and TIMES drug discovery platforms. For more information about Rexahn, please visit .
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