JERUSALEM, December 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ —
Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ORMP) (http://www.oramed.com), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of oral drug delivery systems, announced today that it has received allowance for a key patent from the Israeli Patent Office. The patent, entitled “Methods and Compositions for Oral Administration of Exenatide,” covers oral exenatide compositions made using the company’s proprietary technology.
Exenatide, a GLP-1 analog, is currently only marketed in injectable form, and is indicated for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. Exenatide has an excellent safety profile and a plethora of positive medicinal effects including weight loss and improved pancreatic cell function.
About Oramed Pharmaceuticals
Oramed Pharmaceuticals is a technology pioneer in the field of oral delivery solutions for drugs and vaccines currently delivered via injection. Established in 2006, Oramed’s Protein Oral Delivery (POD™) technology is based on over 30 years of research by top research scientists at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center. Oramed is seeking to revolutionize the treatment of diabetes through its proprietary flagship product, an orally ingestible insulin capsule (ORMD-0801) currently in Phase 2 clinical trials on patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) under an Investigational New Drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and with its oral exenatide capsule (ORMD-0901; a GLP-1 analog), with trials on healthy volunteers (Phase 1b) and T2DM patients (Phase 2a) underway. Oramed is also moving forward with clinical trials of ORMD-0801 for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. The company’s corporate and R&D headquarters are based in Jerusalem.
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