Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: XERS), a fast-growing biopharmaceutical company committed to improving patient lives by developing and commercializing innovative products across a range of therapies, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for its subsidiary Xeris Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s U.S. patent application covering XP-8121, one of its novel product candidates. The Notice of Allowance indicates that the USPTO has determined the application meets the requirements for patentability and is expected to issue as a U.S. patent following standard administrative steps. The allowed claims in this application are specific to the XP-8121 formulation. In parallel, Xeris continues to pursue additional layers of U.S. and international IP protection in the levothyroxine (LT4) technology space.
“We believe XP-8121 has tremendous potential to solve an unmet medical need for hypothyroidism, and this patent represents a key milestone in strengthening our intellectual property protection around this important pipeline program,” said John Shannon, Chief Executive Officer. “It further demonstrates the ability of our XeriSol® platform to enable the development of difficult-to-formulate drugs into subcutaneous injections.”
