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Vermillion (VRML) Gets Patent for Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

April 16, 2012 8:33 AM EDT
Vermillion, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRML), has received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a patent, "Biomarkers for Ovarian Cancer."

The patent makes claims in the uses of a urinary Small MBL-associated protein C-terminal fragment (sMAP) in the diagnosis of ovarian cancer, ovarian cancer monitoring, and patient management.

This represents the fifteenth biomarker patent granted or allowed for Vermillion, four of which support the company's ovarian cancer franchise and its flagship product, OVA1.


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