Oramed Receives EU Patent for Oral Delivery of Insulin

Oramed Pharmaceuticals ORMP announced today that the European Patent Office has allowed the Company's patent for its invention, titled "Methods and Compositions for Oral Administrations of Proteins." Europe is one of the world's largest healthcare markets with an estimated $322 billion market value in 2012, accounting for over one quarter of the world pharmaceutical market, according to a report by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations. According to Frost & Sullivan the European diabetes market accounted for $8.6 billion in revenues in 2010 and is estimated to grow to $14 billion by 2017, driven by new classes of drugs to treat the disease. About Oramed Pharmaceuticals Oramed Pharmaceuticals is a technology pioneer in the field of oral delivery solutions for drugs and vaccines currently delivered via injection. Established in 2006, Oramed's Protein Oral Delivery (POD™) technology is based on over 30 years of research by top research scientists at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center. Oramed is seeking to revolutionize the treatment of diabetes through its proprietary flagship product, an orally ingestible insulin capsule (ORMD-0801) currently in Phase 2 clinical trials on patients with type See full press release