Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNCE) Files An 8-K Other Events

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Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNCE) Files An 8-K Other Events
Item 8.01. Other Events.

Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) announced today that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has granted the Request for Rehearing of the PTAB’s Decision Denying Institution of the Inter Partes Review filed by Incyte Corporation against the Company’s U.S. Patent No. 9,249,149. The Company believes in the validity of its patent and intends to vigorously defend the claims.


About Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNCE)

Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in the discovery and development of small molecule drugs. The Company operates through the development of pharmaceutical products on its own behalf or in collaboration with others segment. It has clinical candidates under development, including AVP-786, CTP-656, CTP-730 and JZP-386. The Company’s deuterated chemical entity platform (DCE Platform) enables it to identify compounds for deuteration and to design, evaluate, develop and manufacture deuterated compounds. The Company is utilizing its DCE Platform to discover and develop product candidates for a range of indications. The Company’s product candidate, CTP-656, is a next generation potentiator that the Company is initially developing for the treatment of cystic fibrosis in patients having gating mutations, including the G551D mutation. AVP-786 is a combination of a deuterated dextromethorphan analog and a low dose of quinidine.