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news.Horizon Pharma, has announced that POZEN, has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for U.S. patent application number 14/045,156 entitled "Pharmaceutical Compositions for the Coordinated Delivery of NSAIDs" that covers Horizon and POZEN'S U.S. approved product VIMOVO (naproxen / esomeprazole magnesium) delayed release tablets.
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"The claims included in this Notice of Allowance continue to expand the strength of the VIMOVO patent estate and add to our ability to protect VIMOVO innovation in the U.S. and to continue to make this important therapy available to patients," stated Timothy P. Walbert, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Horizon Pharma.
This Notice of Allowance concludes the substantive examination of the patent application and will result in the issuance of a U.S. patent after administrative processes are completed.
The U.S. patent scheduled to issue from this application will expire in 2022. After issuance, Horizon and POZEN plan to list the U.S. patent to be issued from U.S. patent application number 14/045,156 in the FDA’s Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, or Orange Book. Once issued, this will be the tenth U.S. patent to be listed in the Orange Book for VIMOVO.