Amarin Reports 30th Patent for Vascepa

Amarin Corporation plc (Nasdaq: AMRN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the commercialization and development of therapeutics to improve cardiovascular health, announced today that it now has 30 patents issued or allowed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) related to its flagship product, Vascepa^® (icosapent ethyl) capsules.

Amarin recently received Notices of Allowance for U.S. Patent Application Serial Numbers 13/777,398, 13/768,897, and 13/768,869, each titled "Stable Pharmaceutical Composition and Methods of Using Same." The scope of coverage related to Vascepa represented by these applications is the broadest allowed to date.