Dicot applies for patent covering new manufacturing technology

In 2022, Dicot started a research project with Uppsala University and W. Szafer Institute of Botany to investigate whether the starting material for the drug candidate LIB-01 could be produced by using plant cells grown in cultures; an established technology for large-scale commercial production of many medicinal substances originally derived from nature.

According to the company, the project - in which a custom-designed method is used to produce cells and grow them - has been successful in demonstrating at a laboratory scale that the technology works. Therefore, the project will now progress to larger-scale testing. At the same time, a patent application is submitted to the Swedish Patent and Registration Office to protect this way of producing the starting material. The action will be followed by further patent applications on several other relevant markets.

"We continue to consistently advance our positions to broaden and strengthen the patent protection in accordance with our IP strategy. Our cell culture method is at the forefront and after a successful project with Uppsala University we now have enough data to be able to apply for a patent. The protection is important as the technology is highly promising for future commercial production of our starting material," says Elin Trampe, CEO at Dicot.