Biocaptiva, has announced that it has been granted its first US patent that covers anew liquid biopsy technology designed to efficiently capture cell-free DNA (cfDNA) directly from blood.
Intended as a new method of early disease detection and monitoring, as well as advancing personalised medicine, the system has been patented under the name msX, with the company confirming that this patent will now set the stage for its current and future product pipeline.
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), entitled ‘Methods for Isolating DNA from a Blood Sample’ (US-20240294898-A1) means that in the US the Scottish company will have exclusive rights over the production and marketing of the technology, covering both in-vivo and ex-vivo applications until the patent expires or is invalidated by a competitor via litigation.
Jeremy Wheeler, CEO of Biocaptiva, said: “This US patent grant is a crucial achievement. It not only secures our intellectual property but also underscores the extensive potential of our technology, which we’ve been developing since spinning out of the University of Edinburgh in 2020. What began as a focused research project and a single medical device has evolved into a comprehensive platform with far-reaching implications for liquid biopsy and the broader biomedical industry.”
Shortly before the US patent was granted, the Fife-based company similarly saw its UK patent application granted in June.
The technology, which began life at the University of Edinburgh can capture nucleic acids, particularly cfDNA, directly from biological fluids such as blood, and plasma in greater quantities than is currently possible with traditional methods without the need to use a centrifuge. The company says that samples taken using its now proprietary system can be stored at room temperature for up to 90 days.
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By GlobalDataNow the companyplans to commercialise the technology across a range of indications from the earlier detection of cancer to enhancing biomedical research and creating more personalised medicines for patients.
Elsewhere in the field of personalised medicine and DNA analysis, Exact Sciences has accepted the first patient in a trial of its multi-cancer early detection trial. Meanwhile, data published in the Cancer Cell journal has found a new liquid biopsy method that has the potential to monitor disease evolution in patients with prostate cancer.
