Aug. 12 at 3:40 PM
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Acurx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ACXP) announced that the Japan Patent Office and the Mexico Patent Office have each granted new patents covering its DNA Polymerase IIIC inhibitor antibiotics. The patents include compositions of matter, methods of use, and pharmaceutical compositions, expanding protection for ibezapolstat and the ACX‑375C program.
According to Acurx, this brings its total to six U.S. patents and ten international patents across Australia, Canada, Europe, Israel, India, Japan, Korea, and Mexico, all focused on DNA Polymerase IIIC–targeting programs. The company notes that additional country-level patent applications remain under review, and management highlights these patents as strengthening its intellectual property estate supporting ibezapolstat and its AI-supported drug discovery platform for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections.