Esperion Receives Five Year Patent Extension for Bempedoic Acid, Contained in NEXLETOL® and NEXLIZET®
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Esperion (NASDAQ:ESPR) announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a U.S. Patent Term Extension (PTE) certificate for bempedoic acid, which is contained in NEXLETOL® (bempedoic acid) Tablets and NEXLIZET® (bempedoic acid and ezetimibe) Tablets. The certificate extends the term of U.S. Patent No. 7,335,799 by five years through December 3, 2030. The PTE certificate was granted under the patent restoration provisions of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984.