AIM ImmunoTech Expands Patent Portfolio with New Netherlands Composition and Methods Patent Covering Ampligen for Use in the Post-COVID Condition of Fatigue
December 12 2024 - 8:00AM
AIM ImmunoTech Inc. (NYSE American:
AIM) (“AIM” or the “Company”) today announced that
the Netherlands Patent Office (Octrooicentrum Nederland) has
granted Patent No. 2,032,813 — a compositions and methods patent —
covering Ampligen® (rintatolimod) for use in the treatment of the
post-COVID condition of fatigue. The patent inventors, AIM CEO
Thomas K. Equels and AIM Medical Officer David R. Strayer, M.D.,
have assigned the granted patent to the Company.
AIM CEO Thomas K. Equels commented, “Over the
course of the past year in particular, we have had great success in
expanding our global intellectual property portfolio, with U.S.
patents for the combination of Ampligen with immune checkpoint
inhibitors for the treatment of challenging cancers, for a novel
method for the treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and for
methods and compositions for treating debilitating endometriosis.
We are pleased to continue executing on that initiative and to
further broaden AIM’s existing portfolio for the treatment of
COVID-19-related illnesses with this new Netherlands patent. Much
of our European research is conducted in the Netherlands at the
world-renowned Erasmus Medical Center.”
Ampligen is AIM’s RNA product candidate designed
to modulate the immune system. Data from in vitro, pre-clinical and
clinical experiments suggest that Ampligen has a broad-spectrum
early-onset antiviral effect by stimulating a strong innate immune
response. The Company has conducted experiments in SARS-CoV-2
showing Ampligen has a strong impact on viral replication.
Additionally, AIM conducted a Phase 2 study evaluating the efficacy
and safety of Ampligen as a potential therapeutic for people with
the post-COVID condition of fatigue (“AMP-518”) and recently
reported positive topline results demonstrating Ampligen to be
generally well tolerated and efficacy results offering preliminary
evidence that Ampligen may reduce fatigue in subjects with
post-COVID conditions. Upon analysis of the complete clinical
patient data from the AMP-518 clinical trial, the Company believes
Ampligen has the potential to be a therapeutic for people with the
moderate-to-severe post-COVID condition of fatigue, and that this
would be the likely subject population for AIM’s planned follow-up
clinical trial.
About AIM ImmunoTech Inc.
AIM ImmunoTech Inc. is an immuno-pharma company
focused on the research and development of therapeutics to treat
multiple types of cancers, immune disorders and viral diseases,
including COVID-19. The Company’s lead product is a first-in-class
investigational drug called Ampligen® (rintatolimod), a dsRNA
and highly selective TLR3 agonist immuno-modulator with broad
spectrum activity in clinical trials for globally important
cancers, viral diseases and disorders of the immune system.
For more information, please
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Cautionary Statement
This press release contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 (the “PSLRA”). Words such as “may,” “will,”
“expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “believe,” “potential,”
“upcoming” and other variations thereon and similar expressions (as
well as other words or expressions referencing future events or
circumstances) are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Many of these forward-looking statements involve a number of risks
and uncertainties. Data, pre-clinical success and clinical success
seen to date do not guarantee that Ampligen will be approved as a
therapy for the Post-COVID Condition of Fatigue. The Company urges
investors to consider specifically the various risk factors
identified in its most recent Form 10-K, and any risk factors or
cautionary statements included in any subsequent Form 10-Q or Form
8-K, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. You
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.
Among other things, for those statements, the Company claims the
protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements
contained in the PSLRA. The Company does not undertake to update
any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances that occur after the date hereof.
Investor Contact:
JTC Team, LLC
Jenene Thomas
908.824.0775
AIM@jtcir.com
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