Concert Pharmaceuticals Announces Federal Circuit Granted its Motion to Vacate and Remand PTAB Decision Involving CTP-543
The ’149 patent covers CTP-543, Concert’s investigational drug candidate for the treatment of alopecia areata. The inter partes review (IPR) proceeding does not prohibit Concert from developing CTP-543 and does not affect other intellectual property protection that the Company is pursuing, including a new Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) covering pharmaceutical compositions of CTP-543 and methods of treating alopecia areata with CTP-543.
“We are pleased that the Federal Circuit granted our motion and look forward to reconsideration by a new panel of PTAB judges. We continue to believe that we have strong arguments for the validity of the ’149 patent,” stated
The CAFC’s grant of the Company’s motion will take effect on
Documents relating to the IPR can be accessed on Concert’s website at: https://www.concertpharma.com/platform/intellectual-property/.
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Justine Koenigsberg (investors)
Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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