Suven gets 3 European patents on NCEs

Suven Life Sciences Limited, a Hyderabad-based biopharmaceutical company specialising in central nervous system (CNS) diseases, has received patents corresponding to three new chemical entities (NCEs) for the treatment of disorders associated with neuro-degenerative diseases.

The patents, valid up to 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively, were granted by the European Patent Office (EPO). With these new patents, Suven now has 7 granted EPO patents on NCEs, which have been validated in the 37 member countries in Europe.

The newly granted claims of the patents include the class of selective 5-HT compounds discovered by Suven and are being developed as therapeutic agents and are useful in the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with neuro-generative disorders like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson, schizophrenia, Huntington’s disease and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Suven Life currently has six internally-discovered therapeutic drug candidates, which are in pre-clinical stage of development targeting conditions such as  ADHD, dementia, depression and Huntington’s disease.