MOLOGEN AG - Basic patent legally valid in Europe

The Berlin based Biotech company MOLOGEN announced today, that the basic patent for MIDGE®-TH1 technology has become legally binding in Europe.

The patent is valid until 2020. After the patent was granted in December 2005, competitors were allowed to file formal objection within a period of nine month. This period has now expired, and an effective legal protection of the patent in Europe has come into force.

Besides MIDGE® and dSLIM®, MIDGE®-TH1 is one fundamental core technology for product development of MOLOGEN. MIDGE-TH1 facilitates the design of highly specific and most efficient DNA vaccines in a way that the so called TH1 pathway of the immune system is triggered to overcome infections. This TH1 pathway is required to fight pathogens which replicate within the cell.

About MOLOGEN

MOLOGEN AG is a listed biopharmaceutical company with headquarters in Berlin (Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Regulated Market, ISIN DE0006637200). On the basis of patented technologies (MIDGE and dSLIM), MOLOGEN develops DNA-based vaccines and therapeutic agents for the prevention and treatment of a wide range of serious illnesses.

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