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Suven Life gets two more US patents for NCEs

Suven Life Sciences Limited, a Hyderabad-based biopharmaceutical company specialising in central nervous system (CNS) diseases, has received patents for two new chemical entities (NCEs) from the US Patent office. - SC issues notices to Centre, others on Novartis petition - Road to recovery: Gujarat"s pharma share rises to 30% - Suven Life"s drug discovery achieves milestone - Aurobindo Pharma receives Swissmedic approval - Ranbaxy to launch Rocaltrol(R) in US soon - Cipla to raise Rs 1,500 cr by issue of shares The two NCEs are indicated for the treatment of disorders associated with neurodegenerative diseases and these patents are valid until 2022 and 2024 respectively. The two molecules in the CNS arena, which are being developed for cognitive disorders, have an estimated $20 billion market potential globally. With these two patents, Suven now has a total of four granted US patents on NCEs. In a filing to the BSE on Monday, Suven Life said the granted claims of the patents included the class of selective 5-HT compounds discovered by the company and were being developed as therapeutic agents and are used in the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer"s disease, attention deficient hyperactivity disorder, Huntington"s disease, Parkinson and Schizophrenia. The scrip of Suven Life is currently trading at Rs 31.55 on the BSE, up 4.99 per cent as against the previous close of Rs 30.05.


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