“Patent Families” in the Pharmaceutical Industry

After our last class this morning on patents, I came across this article where Incannex Healthcare filed a patent application to protect a certain drug’s (IHL-42X) clinical program. This reminded me of our discussion today, where we learned that patents can be filed for a combination of previously patented items, so I figured I would share it!  Here, the relevant drugs in IHL-42X are tetrahydrocannabinol and acetazolamide.

The article is below: https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1000277/incannex-healthcare-files-patent-to-expand-intellectual-property-over-ihl-42x-1000277.html