Silo Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: SILO), a developmental stage biopharmaceutical company focused on merging traditional therapeutics with psychedelic research, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today issued U.S. Patent 11,491,120, titled “Pharmacological Prophylactics Against Stress-Induced Affective Disorders In Females.” The allowed claims protect the use of portfolio drug SPC-15 in a method of treating stress-induced affective disorders including anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
“After a comprehensive review by USPTO, we are pleased with the scope of the granted claims offering further protection for our novel SPC-15 technology and its market potential for anxiety, PTSD, and related disorders,”
Eric Weisblum, Chief Executive Officer
Through its commercial evaluation license agreement with Columbia University, the Company holds an option to license certain assets currently under development by Columbia, including potential treatments for stress-induced affective disorders and Alzheimer’s disease.
SPC-15 is a targeted prophylactic using ketamine compositions as a method of treatment and prevention for stress-induced affective disorders including PTSD. The treatment predicts levels of severity or progression of such disorders and their metabolomic biomarkers’ response to pharmacological treatments.
With the patent announced today, the Company expands its intellectual property and technology rights for the treatment of rare diseases,
About Silo Pharma
Silo Pharma. Inc. is a development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on merging traditional therapeutics with psychedelic research for people suffering from indications such as PTSD, Alzheimer’s disease, and other rare neurological disorders. Silo’s mission is to identify assets to license and fund the research which we believe will be transformative to the well-being of patients and the healthcare industry.