Cantargia obtains a granted patent from USPTO concerning IL1RAP in solid tumors

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (”USPTO”) has granted Cantargia
AB’s (“Cantargia”) patent application concerning IL1RAP as a target molecule for
antibody therapy of several solid tumor types. The granted patent follows the
Notice of Allowance that was issued and communicated in June 2016.
The granted patent with number US 9,403,906 B1 planned to be published August 2,
2016, concerns Cantargias method to utilize IL1RAP as a target molecule for the
treatment of several types of solid tumors. The patent provides protection until
2032 and covers treatment of several common forms of solid tumors, such as
breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer and malignant melanoma.

”With the USPTO granting this patent, Cantargia has patent protection in the
three major markets for pharmaceuticals – USA, Europe and Japan. The patent is
important both for the development of our product candidate CAN04 as well as for
our future patent portfolio” says Göran Forsberg, CEO.

For further information, please contact
Göran Forsberg, CEO
Telephone: +46 (0)46 275 62 60
E-mail: goran.forsberg@cantargia.com
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This information is information that Cantargia AB (publ) is obliged to make
public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted
for publication, through the contact person set out above, at 8:30 (CEST) on
July 15, 2016.