TherapeuticsMD Receives Notice of Allowance for Patent Covering TX 12-001-HR

TherapeuticsMD

announced today that it received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office pertaining to its U.S. Patent Application 13/684,002 - "Natural Combination Hormone Replacement Formulations and Therapies." This Patent Application covers the Company's platform technology TX 12-001-HR, its oral bioidentical 17β-estradiol and progesterone combination drug candidate. "Receiving this patent allowance is a critical step towards solidifying our IP protection for this important technology, and specifically in relation to our lead product candidate, TX 12-001-HR," said Robert Finizio, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of TherapeuticsMD. "Until now, it has been exceptionally difficult to combine these two