European Patent Office Grants New Patent Covering Enlivex’s Allocetra™ Immunotherapy Treatment

Nes-Ziona, Israel, Oct. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enlivex Therapeutics, Ltd., a clinical-stage immunotherapy company, today announced that the European Patent Office granted a new patent (#EP 2 929 015 B1) covering ALLOCETRA^TM, the company’s immunotherapy product. This new patent adds intellectual property protection, including methods, uses and pharmaceutical compositions in the EU.

ALLOCETRA™ is a novel immunotherapy based on a unique mechanism of action that targets life threatening diseases that are defined as “unmet medical needs” such as preventing or treating complications associated with bone marrow transplants (“BMT”) and/or hematopoietic stem cell transplants (“HSCT); organ dysfunction and acute multiple organ failure associated with sepsis and enablement of an effective treatment of solid tumors via immune checkpoint rebalancing.

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Enlivex is a clinical stage immunotherapy company, developing an allogeneic drug pipeline for immune system rebalancing. Immune system rebalancing is critical for the treatment of life-threatening immune and inflammatory conditions which involve an out of control immune system (e.g. Cytokine Release Syndrome) and for which there are no approved treatments (unmet medical needs), as well as solid tumors immune-checkpoint rebalancing. For more information, visitwww.enlivex.com.

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ENLIVEX CONTACT:
Shachar Shlosberger, CFO
Enlivex Therapeutics, Ltd.
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