Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Receives New U.S. Patent for Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder with Purified Cannabidiol
7:15 am ET February 25, 2020 (Globe Newswire) Print
Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZYNE), the leader in innovative pharmaceutically-produced transdermal cannabinoid therapies for rare and near-rare neuropsychiatric disorders, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 10,568,848, titled "Treatment of Autism with Cannabidiol" which includes claims directed to methods of treating autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by transdermally administering, via a gel or cream, a therapeutically effective amount of purified cannabidiol (CBD).
This new patent, which expires in 2038, is part of an expanding intellectual property portfolio covering the Company's transdermal cannabidiol product candidate, Zygel(TM) CBD gel. This patent follows the previously announced issuance of US Patent No. 10,314,792, titled "Treatment of Autism with Cannabidiol" which includes claims directed to methods of treating ASD by transdermally administering, via gel or cream, a therapeutically effective amount of synthetic cannabidiol.
The Company has completed enrollment in the open label Phase 2 BRIGHT study evaluating the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Zygel for the treatment of children and adolescents with ASD, with 37 patients enrolled. The efficacy assessments include the Aberrant Behavior Checklist, Parent Rated Anxiety Scale - Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism Impact Measure, and Clinical Global Impression - Severity and Improvement. The Company expects to report top line data from this trial in the second quarter of 2020.
About Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Zynerba Pharmaceuticals is the leader in pharmaceutically-produced transdermal cannabinoid therapies for rare and near-rare neuropsychiatric disorders. We are committed to improving the lives of patients and their families living with severe, chronic health conditions including Fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, and a heterogeneous group of rare and ultra-rare epilepsies known as developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. Learn more at www.zynerba.com and follow us on Twitter at @ZynerbaPharma.
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