GenSpera, Inc. (GNSZ.OB) Receives US Patent for Tumor Activated Prodrugs
Today, GenSpera, Inc. announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company’s patent application, entitled “Tumor Activated Prodrugs,” as US Patent 7,635,682. The patent covers the composition and potential uses of GenSpera’s G-115 second anti-cancer drug, which is currently in development. GenSpera, Inc. owns and controls all rights to G-115. The company anticipates a strategic partnership to maximize the drug’s value as it progresses through future clinical trials. G-115 can be selectively activated within prostate tumors by an enzyme, Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), which is active only within prostate tissue and prostate cancer tumors. In preclinical…